Aimargues ranks above 86% of compared French towns on second homes: 8.4%
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Aimargues has 31%. The town has fewer households without a car than 78% of compared French towns, at 6.3%. The 2023 Census counted 5,705 residents in 2,390 households. 26% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in four.
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.
What stands out about the people of Aimargues
Growing fast
Aimargues had 4,822 residents at the 2012 census and 5,705 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Aimargues’s population changed by +18% since 2012, more than in 88% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +17%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gard town +7%.
Only 18% of residents are 65 or over in Aimargues
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aimargues 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Aimargues’s residents are under 41.1, younger than in 72% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in eight here (12%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 29% of households are one person living alone
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
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Aimargues comes in at 13%. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
5.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 85% 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
16% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%. Put another way, about one in 14: 6.9% of homes stand empty.
€25,090 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.
Half of Aimargues’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,090 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 59% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 15.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker: 13%, a lower share than 56% 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
Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Aimargues: 6.1% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. Here, 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 69% 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
For Aimargues, the census puts single residents at 26%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 21% in Aimargues, more than in 59% 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
Graduates of higher education are rarer here than in half of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 3rd youngest of 41 French towns of 5,666 to 5,739 people
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 35.2 in Valdahon to 57.6 in Cancale.
Aimargues is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aimargues | 41.1 | 18% | 8.4% | 6.1% |
| Le Cailar 2,578 · 1.8 mi | 44.5 | 24% | 5.1% | 3.3% |
| Marsillargues 6,988 · 2.6 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 6.7% | 7.4% |
| Gallargues-le-Montueux 3,659 · 2.7 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 16% | 4.1% |
| Codognan 2,529 · 2.8 mi | 46.8 | 21% | 3.2% | 5.6% |
| Aigues-Vives 3,331 · 3.5 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 5.5% | 4% |
| Vergèze 5,788 · 3.7 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 4.9% |
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 Aimargues
What is the population of Aimargues?
5,705 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (4,822).
How old are Aimargues’ residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aimargues?
240, with occasional dwellings: 8.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aimargues?
INSEE counts 350 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 210 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aimargues?
€25,090 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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