Photo: Florian Pépellin · CC BY-SA 4.0More empty homes than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
In Tarascon, 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. 15,396 residents in 6,260 households: that is Tarascon at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households: 13% of the total. The median age locally is 41, lower than in 73% 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 Tarascon
Immigrants
INSEE counts 3,200 immigrants in Tarascon (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 6.3% for the median compared commune in Bouches-du-Rhône. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 870 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Tarascon grew +14% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 79% of compared French towns
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +6% for the median Bouches-du-Rhône town, the change came in two steps: +9% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Tarascon sits below 65% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (20%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tarascon 41. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 12% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 26%, a higher share than 57% 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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. 36% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%.
42% of homes are flats, a share 66% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
3.3% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Put another way, about one in six: 16% of households rent social housing (HLM). At 13%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 61% of compared French towns. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
€19,900 a year: the median standard of living
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 residents live in households above €19,900 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 34.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 6% in Tarascon, less than in 77% 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
On the census count, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Tarascon ranks above 93% of compared French towns on immigrants: 21%
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.
16% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. 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.
Above 76% of compared French towns: 29% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In Tarascon, 44% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Tarascon ranks above 88% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 29%
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 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (14,959 to 15,836 people), the 18th 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.
Montévrain is the youngest (32.8); Biscarrosse the oldest (53.2).
No nearby town is as young as Tarascon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarascon | 41 | 20% | 3.3% | 21% |
| Beaucaire 15,692 · 1.9 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 1.6% | 18% |
| Jonquières-Saint-Vincent 3,875 · 5.4 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 2.2% | 13% |
| Fontvieille 3,571 · 6 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 9% | 5% |
| Montfrin 3,122 · 6.1 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 7.3% | 8.1% |
| Maillane 2,775 · 6.1 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 7.8% | 4.8% |
| Aramon 4,081 · 6.2 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.5% | 7.7% |
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 Tarascon
What is the population of Tarascon?
15,396 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (13,540).
How old are Tarascon’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tarascon?
250, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tarascon?
INSEE counts 3,170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 2,500 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tarascon?
€19,900 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 34.0% 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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