Second homes: 22%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Baron had 337 residents in 160 households at the 2023 census. 2% of homes stand empty, or about one in 50. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in the town, 39%.
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 Baron
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Baron, 22% of its 200 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Baron ranks below 93% of compared French towns on flats: 6.4%
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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 15% have been in their home 30 years or more. Lower than in 91% of compared French towns: 4.6% of households have no car.
Since 2012, Baron has changed by ±0%, slower than 71% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +5%; 2017 to 2023, −5%.
Half of Baron is over 48.9, older than 79% 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
■ Baron 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6%, below 87% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 13% in Baron, more than in 85% 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
One-person households make up 30%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Roughly three in ten: 28% of households are couples with children.
The median resident lives on €24,240 a year per consumption unit
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 €24,240 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 72% of compared French towns: 6.6%
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
On the census count, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 79% of compared French towns: 3.3%
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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 1.8% in Baron and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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 single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Here just over half of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Baron, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 70% 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: 28%, below 55% of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 337 to 2,582
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Baron, 3 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baron | 48.9 | 24% | 22% | 3.3% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 7.3 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès 3,225 · 7.9 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 2.5% | 9.1% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 8 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 4,670 · 8.5 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 2% | 4.7% |
| La Calmette 2,604 · 8.8 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès 7,310 · 9.9 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
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 Baron
What is the population of Baron?
337 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (338).
How old are Baron’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Baron?
44, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Baron?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Baron?
€24,240 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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