3.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% of compared French towns
In Le Garn, 4.5% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 130 households held 277 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person. Lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 6.2% 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 Le Garn
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 58 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Garn, 29% of its 200 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Le Garn had 232 residents at the 2012 census and 277 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Garn: 29% of homes are second homes, above 95% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 6% of the total. One household in 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Le Garn grew +19% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gard town +7%. The first five years brought −8%; the six to 2023, +30%.
A median age of 48.1: Le Garn is older than 75% 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
■ Le Garn 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 26%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 7.7% of households are single parents in Le Garn
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 2.2 people in the average household. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. At 35%, the share of one-person households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,290 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.
At €22,290 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 59% of compared French towns, at 15%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 70% 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 57% of compared French towns. For 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.
Le Garn ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 16%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married in Le Garn. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Le Garn: 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 58% 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
At 19%, the share of adults with no qualification is lower than in 52% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 277 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Le Garn
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Garn | 48.1 | 26% | 29% | 4.3% |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit 10,958 · 9 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 2.6% | 11% |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol 7,661 · 9.7 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.9% | 14% |
| Lapalud 3,853 · 10.8 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| Pierrelatte 13,756 · 12.3 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze 18,112 · 12.3 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2.5% | 14% |
| Mondragon 3,833 · 13.1 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 7.2% |
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 Garn
What is the population of Le Garn?
277 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (232).
How old are Le Garn’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Garn?
58, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Garn?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Garn?
€22,290 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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