Gagnières is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.2
The share of households in social housing is 4.6%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 1,102 people lived in Gagnières, in 580 households. The census found that 2.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. 13% of households are single parents, more than in 86% 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 Gagnières
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gagnières, 21% of its 810 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 70% 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 Gagnières’ residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 21% of its 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
16% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 10% moved in within the last two years. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car in Gagnières.
A −3% change since 2012: slower than 82% 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 −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gard town +7%.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 29% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gagnières 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 81% of compared French towns: 9%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Couples with children make up 17% in Gagnières, less than in 84% of compared French towns
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
44% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. A household here holds 1.9 people on average.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €21,230 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 Gagnières is €21,230 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 81% of compared French towns, at 39%
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Gagnières, 16%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6% of Gagnières’ residents are immigrants
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.
That is lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. For Gagnières, the census puts foreign nationals at 5.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
37% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 84% 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 account for 26%. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Gagnières sits below 86% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (20%)
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
Adults with no qualification: 22% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,102 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Gagnières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gagnières | 53.2 | 29% | 21% | 6% |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 1.9 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 9.6% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 5 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 6.5 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| La Grand-Combe 4,783 · 8.2 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1% | 11% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 8.7 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 3,533 · 9.3 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
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 Gagnières
What is the population of Gagnières?
1,102 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,140).
How old are Gagnières’ residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gagnières?
170, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gagnières?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 58 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gagnières?
€21,230 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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