Households in social housing: 0.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The share of flats trails 92% of compared French towns: 6.9%. In 2023, the Census found 933 residents in Cardet, living in 410 households. On the census count, 29% of households are one person living alone. 4.7% of households have no car, a lower share 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 Cardet
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 51 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cardet, 10% of its 500 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 19%. 7.5% of homes stand empty, more than in 59% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +10% change since 2012: faster than 69% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gard town +7%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9%, a lower share than 82% 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
■ Cardet 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Cardet’s residents are over 46.4, older than in 66% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 62% of compared French towns: 23%
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. 11% of households are single parents, more than in 60% of compared French towns. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,150 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.
At €24,150 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 11% in Cardet, less 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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 36% in Cardet. For Cardet, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 9.4%. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 63% of compared French towns: 5% of residents are immigrants
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.
Here, 3.5% of residents are foreign nationals. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
24% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 64% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 44% of residents 15 and over are married in Cardet. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Cardet
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
Higher than in 54% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 933 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Cardet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardet | 46.4 | 22% | 10% | 5% |
| Boisset-et-Gaujac 2,707 · 3.5 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Bagard 2,605 · 3.7 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 3.6% | 5% |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès 7,310 · 4.1 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Anduze 3,391 · 5.5 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 15% | 8.1% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 4,670 · 5.6 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 2% | 4.7% |
| Alès 46,125 · 7.5 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.1% | 9.8% |
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 Cardet
What is the population of Cardet?
933 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (849).
How old are Cardet’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cardet?
51, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cardet?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cardet?
€24,150 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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