Couples with children make up 39% in Carnas, more than in 98% of compared French towns
With households without a car at 2.4%, Carnas is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. Fewer flats than in 96% of compared French towns: 4.8%. There were 220 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 537 residents. On the census count, 26% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Carnas
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 48 second homes and occasional dwellings in Carnas, 17% of its 290 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 8.4% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Carnas had 441 residents at the 2012 census and 537 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Carnas: 17% of homes are second homes, above 92% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Turnover: 7.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 16% have lived in their home 30 years or more. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on empty homes: 6.2%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Carnas’s population changed by +22% since 2012, more than in 92% 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 first five years brought +9%; the six to 2023, +12%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gard town +7%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, below 71% 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
■ Carnas 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.3% in Carnas and 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 44.8, Carnas is older than 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 21%, a lower share than 99% 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
Single-parent households: 8.4% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,740 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 €28,740 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 2.1% in Carnas, less than in 99% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. For comparison, 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).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 61% of compared French towns, at 3.2%
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.
The median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 59% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across Carnas, 5.5% 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.
Carnas sits below 86% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Carnas comes in at 47%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Carnas: 44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 86% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (14%), Carnas is below four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 537 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th youngest
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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Carnas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnas | 44.8 | 19% | 17% | 5.5% |
| Quissac 3,528 · 5.5 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 5.6% | 7.6% |
| Sommières 5,073 · 5.9 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 4.8% | 9.7% |
| Saint-Drézéry 3,006 · 6.9 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 1.5% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers 4,979 · 7.6 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 3.6% | 7% |
| Restinclières 2,612 · 7.9 mi | 38 | 13% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Sussargues 2,840 · 8.3 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 3.8% | 3.9% |
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 Carnas
What is the population of Carnas?
537 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (441).
How old are Carnas’ residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carnas?
48, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carnas?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carnas?
€28,740 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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