Households in social housing make up 1.2% in Cabrières, less than in 98% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Cabrières comes in at 26%. At the 2023 Census, 1,817 people lived here, in 760 households. Here, 3.8% of households have no car. Empty homes are rarer here than in 90% 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 Cabrières
Growing fast
Cabrières had 1,542 residents at the 2012 census and 1,817 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +18% change since 2012: faster than 87% 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, +12%.
Below 85% of compared French towns: 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cabrières 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.4, Cabrières is older than 59% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 6%, a lower share than 96% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are couples with children here. Average household size: 2.4 people. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Cabrières sits below 87% of compared French towns for flats (10%)
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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 3.6% in Cabrières. As a yardstick, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,870 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,870 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
11% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 73% 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
Here 7.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. More households headed by a retired person than in 53% of compared French towns: 33%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cabrières ranks below 78% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.5%
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.
1.8% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 93% of compared French towns
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
The share of married residents is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Cabrières, less than in 89% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Cabrières. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,817 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.
Older than Cabrières: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Cabrières
What is the population of Cabrières?
1,817 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (1,542).
How old are Cabrières’ residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cabrières?
29, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cabrières?
INSEE counts 64 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cabrières?
€26,870 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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