Half of Bouquet is over 57.7, older than 97% of compared French towns
1.9% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 198 residents in Bouquet, living in 100 households. Single-parent households make up about one in 21 here (4.7%). Flats are rarer here than in 99% 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 Bouquet
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bouquet, 33% of its 160 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Bouquet’s residents are under 57.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
33% of homes in Bouquet are second homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 3.9% of households have no car. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +13% change since 2012: faster than 78% 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
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 +13% to 2023.
Bouquet sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.4%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouquet 57.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 31%, Bouquet is ahead of 89% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 80% of compared French towns: 18%
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. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In Bouquet, 34% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €22,310 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 Bouquet’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,310 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 78% of compared French towns
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 manager or professional: 14%, above 74% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 10% in Bouquet, more than in 71% 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.
Foreign nationals: 7.7%, above 73% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Bouquet ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 make up 35%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 198 to 2,582 people
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).
Bouquet is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouquet | 57.7 | 31% | 33% | 10% |
| Salindres 3,648 · 7.4 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 8.3 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 9 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux 5,703 · 9.2 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 9.8 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 3,533 · 10.2 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
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 Bouquet
What is the population of Bouquet?
198 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (175).
How old are Bouquet’s residents?
The median age is 57.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouquet?
52, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouquet?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (7.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouquet?
€22,310 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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