In Paradou, 34% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Paradou has 2.9%. This Bouches-du-Rhône town had 2,159 residents in 930 households at the 2023 Census. Households without a car account for 2.3%. 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 94% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Paradou
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 490 second homes and occasional dwellings in Paradou, 34% of its 1,460 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 82% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Paradou had 1,638 residents at the 2012 census and 2,159 in 2023, up 32%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.1% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
The share of flats is 9.3%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
+32% since 2012, a pace 97% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
The median Bouches-du-Rhône town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +24% and the next six +7%.
Older than 66% of compared French towns: half of Paradou is over 46.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Paradou 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Paradou, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% 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
The figure for couples with children is 32% in Paradou and 25% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €30,910 a year
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.
Half of Paradou’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,910 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 7.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 18%, a higher share than 84% of compared French towns
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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Paradou has 37%. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 8.5% locally. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 60% 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.
Across Paradou, 3.5% of residents are foreign nationals. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Paradou, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, just over half of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
8.7% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 45% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,159 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Paradou: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradou | 46.4 | 23% | 34% | 5.3% |
| Fontvieille 3,571 · 3.9 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 9% | 5% |
| Mouriès 3,527 · 4.7 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 15% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Crau 14,145 · 5.4 mi | 43.8 | 24% | 2% | 8.3% |
| Saint-Rémy-de-Provence 9,599 · 5.7 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% | 7.2% |
| Maillane 2,775 · 8 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 7.8% | 4.8% |
| Arles 51,811 · 8.1 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 7.3% | 13% |
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 Paradou
What is the population of Paradou?
2,159 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% more than in 2012 (1,638).
How old are Paradou’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Paradou?
490, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Paradou?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 76 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Paradou?
€30,910 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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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