Half of Fontarèches is over 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Fontarèches has 1.9%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Fontarèches was home to 256 people in 120 households. Put another way, about one in 26: 3.9% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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 Fontarèches
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 64 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fontarèches, 32% of its 200 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Fontarèches’ residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Fontarèches, 32% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
2.1% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. More empty homes than in 58% of compared French towns: 7.4%.
Fontarèches’s population moved +2% on 2012, less than in 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
The change was +5% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023.
Fontarèches ranks above 79% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 28%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fontarèches 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Fontarèches has 8.6%. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer one-person households than 86% of compared French towns: 28%
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
In Fontarèches, nearly one in ten households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 56% of compared French towns: 24% of households are couples with children. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
€25,280 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,280 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 41% in Fontarèches, more than in 85% 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
About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Fontarèches (9%). 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).
Fontarèches: 10% of residents are foreign nationals, above 82% 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.
Immigrants: 9.8%, above 70% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
In Fontarèches, 57% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
Single residents make up 17%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 90% 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
Graduates of higher education: 35% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 256 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Fontarèches
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontarèches | 54.5 | 28% | 32% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 4.6 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 6.8 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze 18,112 · 9.5 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2.5% | 14% |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise 6,835 · 11.4 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres 2,996 · 13.8 mi | 41 | 18% | 2% | 5.3% |
| Poulx 4,348 · 14.1 mi | 49 | 24% | 2.7% | 4.8% |
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 Fontarèches
What is the population of Fontarèches?
256 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (251).
How old are Fontarèches’ residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontarèches?
64, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontarèches?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.8% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fontarèches?
€25,280 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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