Second homes make up 23% in Goudargues, more than in 94% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Goudargues, 2.6%. Few places have so few couples with children: 19% here, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. This Gard town counted 1,125 residents and 550 households at the 2023 Census. For Goudargues, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 3.8%.
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 Goudargues
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 190 second homes and occasional dwellings in Goudargues, 23% of its 840 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Goudargues’ residents are under 52.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 97 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Goudargues: 12% of homes stand empty, above 87% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 18% of homes are flats here. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In Goudargues, nearly one in ten households have no car.
A +5% change since 2012: Goudargues grew faster than 50% 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
Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Goudargues is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Goudargues 52.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 28% of residents are 65 or over in Goudargues. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
8.4% of households are single parents, fewer than in 75% 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
The average household has 2 people. On one-person households, Goudargues sits higher than 55% of compared French towns: 36%. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,390 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,390 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 67% 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
Here, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. 3.8% of Goudargues’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 33% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 5.6% in Goudargues, more than in 61% 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.
That is higher than in half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Immigrants account for 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 65% of compared French towns: 24%
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 make up 44%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 69% 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
Higher than in 57% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Ranked by age, 9th oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Goudargues sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goudargues | 52.1 | 28% | 23% | 6.5% |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze 18,112 · 8.6 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2.5% | 14% |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit 10,958 · 9.3 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 2.6% | 11% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 11.8 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise 6,835 · 12.6 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Mondragon 3,833 · 12.9 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 7.2% |
| Lapalud 3,853 · 12.9 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
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 Goudargues
What is the population of Goudargues?
1,125 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,072).
How old are Goudargues’ residents?
The median age is 52.1, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Goudargues?
190, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Goudargues?
INSEE counts 73 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 63 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Goudargues?
€24,390 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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