Only 2.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Le Cailar
By its share of flats (10%), Le Cailar is below 86% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 2,578 residents in 1,140 households. Roughly three in ten: 29% of households are one person living alone. Higher than in 79% of compared French towns: 38% of households are headed by a retired person.
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.
Le Cailar grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 68% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gard town +7%.
Only 8.7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Le Cailar
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Cailar 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 24%, Le Cailar is ahead of 60% of compared French towns on that count. Half of the town’s residents are over 44.5, older than in 53% of compared French towns.
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%.
Couples with children make up 29% in Le Cailar, more than in 70% 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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. 8.4% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 76% of compared French towns. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
5.1% of homes are second homes, more than in 77% 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
Without a car: one household in 15, against 11% in the median compared French town. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 6.5%, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 12% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more.
€25,690 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €25,690 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns. 11.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 11% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 Le Cailar, 7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Le Cailar sits below 87% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.4%)
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Le Cailar, 3.3%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 91% 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
On the census count, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 61% 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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in six. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,556 to 2,606 people), the 19th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Eymet the oldest (61.2).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Le Cailar
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Cailar | 44.5 | 24% | 5.1% | 3.3% |
| Aimargues 5,705 · 1.8 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 8.4% | 6.1% |
| Vauvert 11,671 · 2.1 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 2.7% | 10% |
| Marsillargues 6,988 · 3.5 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 6.7% | 7.4% |
| Codognan 2,529 · 3.5 mi | 46.8 | 21% | 3.2% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze 3,690 · 4 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 11% | 5.1% |
| Gallargues-le-Montueux 3,659 · 4.4 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 16% | 4.1% |
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 Le Cailar
What is the population of Le Cailar?
2,578 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (2,351).
How old are Le Cailar’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Cailar?
65, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Cailar?
INSEE counts 85 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Cailar?
€25,690 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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