22% of homes in Générargues are second homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 13 here (7.9%). At the 2023 Census, 727 people lived in Générargues, in 350 households. Here 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%.
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 Générargues
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Générargues, 22% of its 470 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 88% 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 Générargues’ residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households without a car than 86% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 19% of homes are flats in Générargues. Census figures put empty homes at 4.9% here. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
+3% since 2012, a pace below 59% 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 median Gard town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six +4%.
Half of Générargues is over 51.6, older than 88% 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
■ Générargues 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 29%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Générargues, 8.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 76% 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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 54% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents. Little separates the share of couples with children here, 25%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €23,060 a year to live on
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 €23,060 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 54% of compared French towns, at 33%
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 census found that one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Générargues. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.6% of residents in Générargues 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 23. On immigrants, Générargues sits higher than 51% of compared French towns: 6.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 85% 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
By its share of single residents (22%), Générargues is below 82% of compared French towns. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Générargues, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 727 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Générargues
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Générargues | 51.6 | 29% | 22% | 6.6% |
| Anduze 3,391 · 2.1 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 15% | 8.1% |
| Boisset-et-Gaujac 2,707 · 2.9 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Bagard 2,605 · 3.4 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 3.6% | 5% |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès 7,310 · 4.7 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 2,586 · 5.2 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Alès 46,125 · 5.9 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.1% | 9.8% |
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 Générargues
What is the population of Générargues?
727 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (709).
How old are Générargues’ residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Générargues?
100, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Générargues?
INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Générargues?
€23,060 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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