A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.6%
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Junas has 9.5%. The share of flats stands at 6.4%. At 17%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 81% of compared French towns. This Gard town had 1,343 residents in 590 households at the 2023 census.
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 Junas
Growing fast
Junas had 1,082 residents at the 2012 census and 1,343 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Junas grew +24% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 94% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gard town +7%. The change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +21% from 2017 to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of compared French towns: 8.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Junas 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.1, Junas is younger than 57% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are one person living alone, below 74% 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 share of couples with children is 29%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 8%, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
A lower share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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
4.6% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 12% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
A median of €25,780 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of Junas’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,780 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 8.8% in Junas, less than in 83% 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
14% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Locally, 31% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Junas, 4.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 66% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (3.2%), Junas is below 61% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, below 71% 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 (23%), Junas is below 69% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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 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
Here just over two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,343 to 2,582 people, the 12th youngest
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).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Junas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junas | 43.1 | 17% | 9.5% | 4.8% |
| Aubais 2,925 · 1.8 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 8.9% | 3.1% |
| Sommières 5,073 · 2.1 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 4.8% | 9.7% |
| Aigues-Vives 3,331 · 3.5 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 5.5% | 4% |
| Calvisson 6,486 · 3.8 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 15% | 4.8% |
| Gallargues-le-Montueux 3,659 · 4.1 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 16% | 4.1% |
| Vergèze 5,788 · 5.3 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 4.9% |
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 Junas
What is the population of Junas?
1,343 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (1,082).
How old are Junas’ residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Junas?
64, with occasional dwellings: 9.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Junas?
INSEE counts 64 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Junas?
€25,780 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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