Households without a car make up 4.2% in Clarensac, less than in 93% of compared French towns
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 25% in Clarensac. Here, 7.6% of households are headed by a manual worker. The town has fewer flats than 80% of compared French towns, at 14%. At the 2023 Census, 4,386 people lived here, in 1,850 households.
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.
+9% since 2012, a pace 65% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +6%; the six to 2023, +3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gard town +7%.
Clarensac is older than 58% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Clarensac 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Clarensac. The census found that 11% of residents are 15 to 24 locally.
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%.
In Clarensac, 14% of households are single parents, more than in 92% 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
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Clarensac has 28%. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.4 people.
Empty homes: 4.7%, a lower share than 79% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 15% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.8% (under two years). In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. 9.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 63% of compared French towns. On second homes, 2.5% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
€27,420 a year: the median 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.
At €27,420 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 65% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 11.0% of residents.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 70% of compared French towns: 13%
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 census found that a third of households are headed by a retired person in Clarensac. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional 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 69% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
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.
With immigrants at 5.3%, Clarensac is behind 60% of compared French towns on that count. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Clarensac ranks above 69% of compared French towns on married residents: 46%
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
Single residents: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 83% of compared French towns: 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Clarensac, 38%. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 4,357 to 4,414 people, the 17th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Labège (33), the youngest, and Le Château-d'Oléron (55), the oldest.
Older than Clarensac: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
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 Clarensac
What is the population of Clarensac?
4,386 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (4,037).
How old are Clarensac’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Clarensac?
50, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Clarensac?
INSEE counts 230 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% 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 Clarensac?
€27,420 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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