3.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 20% of households are couples with children in Dions. At the 2023 Census, 527 people lived in the town, in 270 households. Census figures put flats at 8.8% in the town. 3.6% of households are headed by a manual worker, a lower share than in 99% 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 Dions
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dions, 11% of its 340 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dions had 598 residents at the 2012 census and 527 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Dions’ residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes in Dions 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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Dions, 11%. 17% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.2% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−12% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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
The first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −10%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gard town +7%.
Half of Dions is over 50.7, older than 85% 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
■ Dions 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%, below 89% of compared French towns. About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Dions (23%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 67% of compared French towns: 39%
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
Average household size: 2 people. Lower than in 59% of compared French towns: 9.5% of households are single parents. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,000 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.
The median standard of living in Dions is €24,000 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Dions sits below 79% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (26%)
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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 9% of the total. The usual figure: 32% 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).
Dions ranks below 74% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 2.3%
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.
The median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in two thirds of compared French towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants account for 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 37% of residents 15 and over are married in Dions
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Dions. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 88% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Dions has 37%. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 527 to 2,582 people, the 12th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Dions
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dions | 50.7 | 23% | 11% | 4.6% |
| La Calmette 2,604 · 1.5 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès 3,225 · 4.1 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 2.5% | 9.1% |
| Poulx 4,348 · 6.3 mi | 49 | 24% | 2.7% | 4.8% |
| Nîmes 151,839 · 7.2 mi | 40.5 | 21% | 5.6% | 16% |
| Caveirac 4,408 · 7.3 mi | 51.8 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.9% |
| Clarensac 4,386 · 8.1 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 5.3% |
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 Dions
What is the population of Dions?
527 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (598).
How old are Dions’ residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dions?
37, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dions?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dions?
€24,000 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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