A higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 26%
Flats: 8.1% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 1,095 residents in Collias, living in 520 households. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 15% locally.
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 Collias
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 200 second homes and occasional dwellings in Collias, 26% of its 780 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Collias’ residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 76% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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
Car-free households: one in 15, where the median compared French town has 11%. Few places have so few empty homes: 6.6% here, fewer than in just over half of compared French towns. Of all households, 8.6% moved in during the last two years and 18% have stayed three decades or more.
Since 2012, Collias has changed by +2%, slower than 61% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Gard.
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Collias is over 51.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Collias 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
9% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Residents aged 65 and over: 27% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Collias ranks below 85% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 7.5%
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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents. At 25%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 53% of compared French towns. On one-person households, 35% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,080 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,080 a year: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
10% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 75% 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
With households headed by a retired person at 31%, Collias is behind three fifths of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 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).
Immigrants: 7.6%, a higher share than 58% 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.
The median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 58% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 4.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 24% in Collias, less than in 63% 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
Locally, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Collias
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 38% in Collias and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,095 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Collias
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collias | 51.1 | 27% | 26% | 7.6% |
| Poulx 4,348 · 4.5 mi | 49 | 24% | 2.7% | 4.8% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 5 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 6.4 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Marguerittes 8,346 · 6.7 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.6% |
| Meynes 2,597 · 6.8 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| Montfrin 3,122 · 8.1 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 7.3% | 8.1% |
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 Collias
What is the population of Collias?
1,095 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,073).
How old are Collias’ residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Collias?
200, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Collias?
INSEE counts 84 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 52 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Collias?
€25,080 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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