Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.2% of households rent social housing (HLM)
8.2% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Laval-Pradel had 1,125 residents in 540 households at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households: 3.5% of the total. Lower than in 95% of compared French towns: 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Laval-Pradel
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 72 second homes and occasional dwellings in Laval-Pradel, 11% of its 680 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Laval-Pradel’s residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Laval-Pradel had 1,188 residents at the 2012 census and 1,125 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes in Laval-Pradel are second homes
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
Households without a car make up 7.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 9.2% of homes stand empty.
A change of −5% since 2012 leaves Laval-Pradel behind 89% 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 change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
A median age of 52.7: Laval-Pradel is older than 90% 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
■ Laval-Pradel 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 28% of residents are 65 or over in Laval-Pradel.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are couples with children, below 69% 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
Households average 2.1 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Few places have as many one-person households: 36% here, more than in 54% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €22,810 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.
The median standard of living in Laval-Pradel is €22,810 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 38%, a higher share than 78% 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
In Laval-Pradel, 8.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 10%, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.7% of residents are immigrants in Laval-Pradel
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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 86% of compared French towns: 1.5%. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 84% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Laval-Pradel
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 85% 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
With adults with no qualification at 16%, Laval-Pradel is behind 66% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,125 to 2,582 people
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).
Laval-Pradel is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laval-Pradel | 52.7 | 28% | 11% | 2.7% |
| La Grand-Combe 4,783 · 2 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1% | 11% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 3,533 · 3.6 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues 4,840 · 4.1 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 0.9% | 9.3% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 4.7 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 5.1 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 9.6% | 4.7% |
| Salindres 3,648 · 5.8 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 2.2% | 4% |
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 Laval-Pradel
What is the population of Laval-Pradel?
1,125 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,188).
How old are Laval-Pradel’s residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laval-Pradel?
72, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laval-Pradel?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laval-Pradel?
€22,810 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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