More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 42%
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Fons, 2.2%. Census day 2023: 1,735 residents and 650 households locally. For Fons, the census puts households in social housing at 2.5%. On flats, Fons sits lower than 94% of compared French towns: 6.3%.
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 Fons
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 6.9% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Fons had 1,264 residents at the 2012 census and 1,735 in 2023, up 37%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fons’s population changed by +37% since 2012, more than in 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +19%, then +15% to 2023. Over those years, the median Gard town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
Fons is younger than 75% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fons 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For Fons, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 19%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 21% of households are one person living alone in Fons
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: 2.6 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 90% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
More second homes than 64% of compared French towns: 3.2%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 11%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 12%. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 6.1% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 58% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €26,320 a year in 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.
Living standards centre on €26,320 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 26% in Fons, less than in 80% 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 manual worker is 12%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Fons has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 56% of compared French towns, at 8.5%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Fons
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.
4.5% of residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 68% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Fons, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 93% 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
The share of married residents tops 77% of compared French towns: 47%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fons ranks above 61% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 33%
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
On the census count, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Fons
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fons | 40.7 | 19% | 3.2% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès 3,225 · 2.8 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 2.5% | 9.1% |
| La Calmette 2,604 · 3.6 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 8.7% |
| Clarensac 4,386 · 5.8 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 5.3% |
| Caveirac 4,408 · 6.6 mi | 51.8 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.9% |
| Calvisson 6,486 · 8.4 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 15% | 4.8% |
| Nîmes 151,839 · 9.4 mi | 40.5 | 21% | 5.6% | 16% |
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 Fons
What is the population of Fons?
1,735 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 37% more than in 2012 (1,264).
How old are Fons’ residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fons?
23, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fons?
INSEE counts 78 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 39 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fons?
€26,320 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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