Bagard is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car stands at 4.3%. 2,605 residents in 1,110 households: that is Bagard at the 2023 Census. Flats: 7.7%, below 91% of compared French towns.
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 Bagard
An older town
Half of Bagard’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bagard changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, behind 53% 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
The median Gard town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +1%.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 30% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bagard 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.5%), Bagard is below 88% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
One-person households make up 28% in Bagard, less than in 84% 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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. 12% of households are single parents, more than in 76% of compared French towns. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Second homes: 3.6%, a higher share than 68% 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
Turnover: 6.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Bagard has fewer empty homes than 53% of compared French towns, at 6.5%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,640 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.
The median standard of living in Bagard is €25,640 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 14.0% of residents.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 87% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 39% of households are headed by a retired person in Bagard. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Here, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 63% of compared French towns: 5%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Bagard has 2.9%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Fewer single residents than 86% of compared French towns: 21%
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
48% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bagard
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
Roughly two in ten: a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,582 to 2,628 people), the 8th 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.
Ages run from 34.6 in Bourguébus to 62.9 in Longeville-sur-Mer.
Older than Bagard: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagard | 51.5 | 30% | 3.6% | 5% |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès 7,310 · 1.6 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Boisset-et-Gaujac 2,707 · 1.9 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 4,670 · 3.7 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 2% | 4.7% |
| Anduze 3,391 · 3.8 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 15% | 8.1% |
| Alès 46,125 · 4.5 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.1% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux 5,703 · 6.4 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
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 Bagard
What is the population of Bagard?
2,605 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (2,502).
How old are Bagard’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bagard?
44, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bagard?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 76 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bagard?
€25,640 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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