Gaujac sits below 98% of compared French towns for flats (3%)
One-person households: 30% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Gaujac’s population at 1,129, in 510 households. The share of households without a car stands at 3.1%. Lower than in 93% of compared French towns: 3.2% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Gaujac
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 92 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gaujac, 15% of its 630 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Here 5.3% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 15% have been in their home 30 years or more.
A +7% change since 2012: faster than 60% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gard town +7%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 69% 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
■ Gaujac 46. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Gaujac is 46, higher than in 64% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.3%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 87% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
By its share of couples with children (28%), Gaujac is above two thirds of compared French towns. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,730 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.
At €27,730 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
In Gaujac, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 61% 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 figure for households headed by a retired person is 31% in Gaujac and 32% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 13% of households are headed by a manual worker locally. For comparison, nearly one in ten 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).
Gaujac: 6.4% of 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. Foreign nationals: 3.4% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Gaujac
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
Married residents account for 43%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Gaujac has 37%. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,129 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Gaujac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaujac | 46 | 19% | 15% | 6.4% |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise 6,835 · 4.7 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze 18,112 · 5.8 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2.5% | 14% |
| Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres 2,996 · 6.3 mi | 41 | 18% | 2% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 7.4 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 9.3 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
| Rochefort-du-Gard 8,117 · 9.7 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
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 Gaujac
What is the population of Gaujac?
1,129 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,054).
How old are Gaujac’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 64% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gaujac?
92, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gaujac?
INSEE counts 73 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 39 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gaujac?
€27,730 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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