Photo: Raptor-kev at French Wikipedia · Public domainOnly 5.1% of households rent social housing (HLM) in La Calmette
14% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. One-person households are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 2,604 people lived in La Calmette, in 1,130 households. Here, 7% of households have no car.
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 La Calmette
Growing fast
La Calmette had 2,015 residents at the 2012 census and 2,604 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +29% since 2012, faster than 96% 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
In two steps, +9% to 2017 and +18% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Gard.
Younger than 67% of compared French towns: half of La Calmette is under 41.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Calmette 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In La Calmette, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The town has more residents aged 65 and over than half of compared French towns, at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 63% of compared French towns: 28%
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. More single-parent households than in 54% of compared French towns: 10%.
85% of homes are houses
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
One household in 14 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. At 2.9%, the share of second homes is higher than in 61% of compared French towns. On the census count, 7.2% of homes stand empty.
The median resident lives on €24,490 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.
The median standard of living in La Calmette is €24,490 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 18.0%.
The largest group of households: retired (32%)
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
Households headed by a manager or professional account for 10%. La Calmette has fewer households headed by a retired person than 54% of compared French towns, at 32%. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
8.7% of residents are immigrants, more than in 64% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, La Calmette has 6.1%. By way of comparison, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 80% of compared French towns: 22%
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
The share of married residents is 46%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 55% of compared French towns: 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Across La Calmette, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,580 to 2,628 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.
Bourguébus is the youngest (34.6); Longeville-sur-Mer the oldest (62.9).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than La Calmette
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 La Calmette
What is the population of La Calmette?
2,604 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (2,015).
How old are La Calmette’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Calmette?
37, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Calmette?
INSEE counts 230 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.7% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (6.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Calmette?
€24,490 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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