A median age of 56.7: Barjac is older than 96% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Barjac has 44%. For Barjac, the census puts couples with children at 15%. At 9.9%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 78% of compared French towns. Its 830 households held 1,608 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Barjac
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 180 second homes and occasional dwellings in Barjac, 16% of its 1,120 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 84% 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 Barjac’s residents are under 56.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Barjac ranks above 92% of compared French towns on second homes: 16%
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 typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Barjac has 22%. Add to that, at 7.7%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 73% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Across Barjac, 10% of households have no car.
+4% since 2012: slower than 55% 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 change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gard town +7%.
Barjac ranks below 97% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Barjac 56.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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.
42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 75% 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
The typical household size is 1.9 people. The share of single-parent households stands at 9.7%. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €22,610 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 Barjac is €22,610 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 76% of compared French towns: 6%
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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 9.6%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. On average, 9.4% of 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).
Barjac ranks above 64% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 6%
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: 8.2%, above 62% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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 higher share of married residents than 72% of compared French towns, at 46%
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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 61% 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
Adults with no qualification come to 20% in Barjac, about two in ten. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,608 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Barjac is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barjac | 56.7 | 34% | 16% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 8.3 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 12.3 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 9.6% | 4.7% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 12.5 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 13.2 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Salindres 3,648 · 13.3 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit 10,958 · 15 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 2.6% | 11% |
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 Barjac
What is the population of Barjac?
1,608 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,552).
How old are Barjac’s residents?
The median age is 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Barjac?
180, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Barjac?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 96 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Barjac?
€22,610 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). 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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