Photo: Szeder László · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 56.8: Anduze is older than 96% of compared French towns
In Anduze, 6.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. Across Anduze, 43% of households are headed by a retired person. Few places have as many flats: 46% here, more than in 71% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 3,391, in 1,730 households.
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 Anduze
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 350 second homes and occasional dwellings in Anduze, 15% of its 2,400 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 78% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Anduze’s residents are under 56.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Anduze’s households are one person: higher than in 90% of compared French towns; 35% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 320 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
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 empty homes tops 92% of compared French towns: 13%. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Anduze, 18% of households have no car.
+2% since 2012: slower than 61% 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 +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gard town +7%.
Anduze: 37% of residents are 65 or over, above 96% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Anduze 56.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8% in Anduze and 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children: 13%, a lower share than 96% 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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.9 people. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many one-person households: 48% here, more than in 90% of compared French towns. At 9.5%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €21,990 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 Anduze’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,990 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 88% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 26.0% of residents are below the line.
Anduze ranks below 79% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 5.8%
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 11%, Anduze is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Anduze ranks above 63% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 5.9%
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 higher than in just over three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. Here, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants. For comparison, 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.
A lower share of married residents than 85% of compared French towns, at 37%
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 the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Anduze, 29%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
More adults with no qualification than 69% of compared French towns: 23%
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: 28% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 3,358 to 3,424 people, the 3rd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Porcheville (37.3), the youngest, and Saint-Cast-le-Guildo (64.9), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Anduze
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anduze | 56.8 | 37% | 15% | 8.1% |
| Boisset-et-Gaujac 2,707 · 2.3 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Bagard 2,605 · 3.8 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 3.6% | 5% |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès 7,310 · 5.4 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 2,586 · 5.9 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Alès 46,125 · 7.4 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.1% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 4,670 · 7.5 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 2% | 4.7% |
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 Anduze
What is the population of Anduze?
3,391 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (3,323).
How old are Anduze’s residents?
The median age is 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Anduze?
350, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Anduze?
INSEE counts 270 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 200 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Anduze?
€21,990 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 26.0% 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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