Half of Cros is over 58.3, older than 97% of compared French towns
Flats: 8.1%, below 90% of compared French towns. Households without a car account for 3.7%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Cros is home to 265 residents in 140 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Cros
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cros, 40% of its 260 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Cros’ residents are under 58.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 40% of homes are second 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
19% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.9% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes stand empty here.
Cros’s population changed by +5% since 2012, more than in 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
Only 6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Cros
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cros 58.3. The median compared French town: 44.
34% of Cros’ residents are 65 or older, against 24% in the median Gard town and 22% in the median compared French town; 14% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 72% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Couples with children: 22%, below 64% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2 people on average.
Median standard of living: €23,240 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.
Half of Cros’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,240 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Cros sits above 91% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (22%)
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Locally, a third of households are headed by a retired person. Against that, 9.4% of 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).
More immigrants than 62% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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.
5.7% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 92% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 39% of residents 15 and over are married in Cros. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 46% in Cros, more than in 89% 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
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 265 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Cros is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cros | 58.3 | 34% | 40% | 8.3% |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort 3,737 · 3 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Ganges 3,724 · 7.2 mi | 52.8 | 35% | 3.5% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 2,586 · 7.9 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Anduze 3,391 · 8.5 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 15% | 8.1% |
| Boisset-et-Gaujac 2,707 · 10.5 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Quissac 3,528 · 10.6 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 5.6% | 7.6% |
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 Cros
What is the population of Cros?
265 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (252).
How old are Cros’ residents?
The median age is 58.3, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cros?
100, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cros?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cros?
€23,240 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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