Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent · CC BY 3.03.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 93% of compared French towns
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 5.5% in Aigues-Vives. The 2023 Census counted 3,331 residents in 1,420 households. For Aigues-Vives, the census puts flats at 12%. Lower than in 87% of compared French towns: 8.5% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Gard 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.
Aigues-Vives’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 60% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gard town +7%.
Aigues-Vives is younger than 52% of compared French towns: a median age of 43.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aigues-Vives 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Aigues-Vives (21%).
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 73% of compared French towns: 30%
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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. 32% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Aigues-Vives has 12%.
Households without a car: 5.6%, a lower share than 83% 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
In the last two years, one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 18% have stayed 30 years or more. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Aigues-Vives has more empty homes than 58% of compared French towns, at 7.4%.
A typical living standard of €28,560 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.
At €28,560 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 75% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 10.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 13%, a higher share than 67% 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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Aigues-Vives, 12%. Here, 35% of households are headed by a retired person. The usual figure: 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).
Below 74% of compared French towns: 4% of residents are immigrants
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, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Aigues-Vives has 2%. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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
The census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Aigues-Vives. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 34% in Aigues-Vives, more than in 65% 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
The census found that 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in Aigues-Vives. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
13th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 3,302 to 3,360
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 36.4 in Saint-Maximin to 61.5 in Roscoff.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Aigues-Vives
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Aigues-Vives
What is the population of Aigues-Vives?
3,331 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (3,105).
How old are Aigues-Vives’ residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aigues-Vives?
91, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aigues-Vives?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 67 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aigues-Vives?
€28,560 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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