Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Caveirac is over 51.8
Households without a car: 4.7%, below 90% of compared French towns. Caveirac is home to 4,408 residents in 1,960 households, by the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.6% of households are headed by a manual worker. 6.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 77% 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 Caveirac
An older town
Half of Caveirac’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +13% change since 2012: Caveirac grew faster than 77% 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: +7% from 2012 to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 93% 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
■ Caveirac 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Caveirac has 29%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 30% in Caveirac, less than in 77% 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 Caveirac, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. One in ten households are single parents, a lower share than in 50% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 18% of homes are flats
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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.4%. In the typical compared French town, flats come to 30%. Across Caveirac, 6.5% of homes stand empty.
€29,160 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,160 a year: higher than in 79% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 11.0% of residents.
39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 81% 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
In Caveirac, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a third 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).
In Caveirac, 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 69% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 64% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. For Caveirac, the census puts immigrants at 4.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 87% of compared French towns, at 49%
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
In Caveirac, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 85% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Caveirac comes in at 39%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,374 to 4,444 people), the 6th 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.
Ages run from 33 in Labège to 67 in Valras-Plage.
Caveirac is older than every town around it
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 Caveirac
What is the population of Caveirac?
4,408 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (3,900).
How old are Caveirac’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Caveirac?
30, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Caveirac?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Caveirac?
€29,160 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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