A smaller share of households without a car than 70% of compared French towns: 7.4%
By its share of flats (22%), Graveson is below 64% of compared French towns. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4% here, fewer than in 75% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 4,698 people lived locally, in 2,190 households. Across Graveson, nearly one in ten households are single parents.
Throughout this page, the Bouches-du-Rhône median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
Faster growth than 70% of compared French towns: Graveson changed by +10% since 2012
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Bouches-du-Rhône town +6%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +14%; 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Graveson is older than 55% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Graveson 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
21% of Graveson’s residents are 65 or older, against 22% in the median Bouches-du-Rhône town and 22% in the median compared French town; 21% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Graveson: 26% of households are couples with children, above 54% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Bouches-du-Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. At 35%, the share of one-person households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Households in social housing make up 11% in Graveson, less than in 56% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
2.9% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 13% of households moved in; at the other end, 13% have stayed 30 years or more.
€26,050 a year is the median standard of living here
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Living standards centre on €26,050 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 51% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 14.0% of residents.
Graveson ranks below 59% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 31%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Little separates the share of households headed by a manager or professional here, 9.7%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.8% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Graveson, 5.5%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 59% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bouches-du-Rhône has 6.3%. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 23% in Graveson, less than in 75% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Locally, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 18% in Graveson, less than in 58% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Here, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 4,663 to 4,732 people, the 20th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Auzeville-Tolosane (30.5), the youngest, and Bourbon-Lancy (57.2), the oldest.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Graveson
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graveson | 44.8 | 21% | 2.9% | 5.5% |
| Maillane 2,775 · 1.5 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 7.8% | 4.8% |
| Barbentane 4,266 · 3.4 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 4.5% | 4.4% |
| Rognonas 4,261 · 3.6 mi | 48 | 26% | 1.4% | 5.4% |
| Eyragues 4,298 · 3.6 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 6.3% | 4.8% |
| Châteaurenard 16,545 · 4.3 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Saint-Rémy-de-Provence 9,599 · 5.2 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% | 7.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Graveson
What is the population of Graveson?
4,698 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (4,271).
How old are Graveson’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Graveson?
72, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Graveson?
INSEE counts 260 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Graveson?
€26,050 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line. Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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