Cavillargues is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.3
0.2% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. Cavillargues had 849 residents in 430 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 3.7% of households have no car. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 42%, more than in 88% 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 Cavillargues
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 73 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cavillargues, 13% of its 550 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Cavillargues’ residents are under 53.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 13% of its homes
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
By its share of flats (18%), Cavillargues is below 71% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
Cavillargues grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 51% 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
7.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 95% 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
■ Cavillargues 53.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Cavillargues, 30% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Cavillargues sits below 74% of compared French towns for couples with children (20%)
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
The share of single-parent households tops 73% of compared French towns: 12%. Few places have as many one-person households: 38% here, more than in 63% of compared French towns. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2 people.
The median resident lives on €25,010 a year per consumption unit
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 €25,010 a year: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
In Cavillargues, 12% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 66% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 8.1%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Set beside 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 61% of compared French towns: 5.2%
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 just over three fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Fewer single residents than in 52% of compared French towns: 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 13% of adults out of school have no 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops three fifths of compared French towns: 33%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 849 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Cavillargues sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavillargues | 53.3 | 30% | 13% | 5.2% |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze 18,112 · 5.7 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2.5% | 14% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 6.3 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise 6,835 · 7.3 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 8.6 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
| Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres 2,996 · 9.9 mi | 41 | 18% | 2% | 5.3% |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit 10,958 · 11.4 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 2.6% | 11% |
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 Cavillargues
What is the population of Cavillargues?
849 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (807).
How old are Cavillargues’ residents?
The median age is 53.3, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cavillargues?
73, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cavillargues?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cavillargues?
€25,010 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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