A town of second homes: 15% of its homes
16% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). At the 2023 Census Calvisson was home to 6,486 people in 2,860 households. For Calvisson, the census puts households without a car at 5.7%. This Gard town has fewer households headed by a manual worker than nearly three quarters of compared French towns, at 10%.
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 Calvisson
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 530 second homes and occasional dwellings in Calvisson, 15% of its 3,560 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 85% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Calvisson had 5,269 residents at the 2012 census and 6,486 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Calvisson sits below 82% of compared French towns for households in social housing (5.9%)
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
One household in 18 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Locally, 4.7% of homes stand empty. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 93% of compared French towns: Calvisson changed by +23% since 2012
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +9%, then +13% to 2023. Over those years, the median Gard town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
Calvisson sits below 65% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (20%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Calvisson 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Calvisson is 43.5, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 10% here, about one in ten.
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%.
Calvisson: 28% of households are couples with children, above 68% 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
In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Calvisson, 31%. The share of single-parent households stands at 12%. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €27,210 a year in standard of living
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 residents live in households above €27,210 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 63% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 11.0% of residents.
Calvisson: 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 70% 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
30% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.8% of residents are immigrants, below 66% 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: 2.7% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 68% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Married residents: 44% of the total. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Calvisson has 15%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 19th youngest of 41 French towns of 6,442 to 6,537 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.
Ages run from 36.5 in Vezin-le-Coquet to 58 in Gueugnon.
Calvisson and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
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 Calvisson
What is the population of Calvisson?
6,486 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (5,269).
How old are Calvisson’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Calvisson?
530, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Calvisson?
INSEE counts 310 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 180 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Calvisson?
€27,210 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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