26% of homes are second homes, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
The share of empty homes is 2.2%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Blauzac is home to 1,234 residents in 520 households, by the 2023 Census. Flats account for 3.3%. Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 23% of households are one person living alone.
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 Blauzac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 190 second homes and occasional dwellings in Blauzac, 26% of its 720 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% 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.
1.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 97% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 9.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 17%. Blauzac has fewer households without a car than 87% of compared French towns, at 5.2%. The usual figure: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Without a car: one household in 19, against 11% in the median compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 53% of compared French towns grew faster than Blauzac: +4%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Gard town, the change came in two steps: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Older than 78% of compared French towns: half of Blauzac is over 48.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Blauzac 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 85% of compared French towns, at 7.5%
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 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Blauzac comes in at 29%. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
At the median, €27,830 a year to live on
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 Blauzac is €27,830 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Blauzac sits below 72% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (11%)
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person here. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 60% of compared French towns: 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 51% of compared French towns
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.
On the census count, 6.7% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Blauzac sits above 93% of compared French towns for married residents (51%)
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Blauzac comes in at 23%. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 83% of compared French towns, at 13%
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: 40% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,234 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Blauzac, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blauzac | 48.8 | 24% | 26% | 6.7% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 4.4 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
| Poulx 4,348 · 4.4 mi | 49 | 24% | 2.7% | 4.8% |
| La Calmette 2,604 · 5.8 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 6.7 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès 3,225 · 7.7 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 2.5% | 9.1% |
| Marguerittes 8,346 · 8 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.6% |
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 Blauzac
What is the population of Blauzac?
1,234 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,187).
How old are Blauzac’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blauzac?
190, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blauzac?
INSEE counts 82 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 54 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blauzac?
€27,830 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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