Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 62.3: Le Grau-du-Roi is older than 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Le Grau-du-Roi comes in at 55%. Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 11% of households are couples with children. The town’s 4,880 households held 8,588 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put empty homes at 0.7% locally.
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 Grau-du-Roi
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 19,080 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Grau-du-Roi, 79% of its 24,120 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 4.9% 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 Le Grau-du-Roi’s residents are under 62.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 45% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
52% of Le Grau-du-Roi’s households are one person: higher than in 96% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Le Grau-du-Roi, 79% of homes are second homes, more than in 99% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly nine in ten homes are flats here. 6.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 15. On households without a car, Le Grau-du-Roi sits higher than 65% of compared French towns: 14%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
Le Grau-du-Roi changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 66% 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 change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gard town +7%.
45% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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 Grau-du-Roi 62.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.2%, Le Grau-du-Roi is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 52%, a higher share than 96% 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
With single-parent households at 6.9%, Le Grau-du-Roi is behind 91% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.7 people.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,780 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,780 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 63% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 18.0%.
Le Grau-du-Roi ranks below 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 6.9%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 5.7%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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).
In Le Grau-du-Roi, 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 62% 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.
Immigrants: 6.3% of the total. That is lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 lower share of single residents than 69% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Married residents come to 42% in Le Grau-du-Roi, about four in ten. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Adults with no qualification: 23% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 8,500 to 8,677 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.
Ages run from 34.3 in Saint-Jory to 62.3 in Le Grau-du-Roi.
No nearby town is as old as Le Grau-du-Roi
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Grau-du-Roi | 62.3 | 45% | 79% | 6.3% |
| La Grande-Motte 8,440 · 3.5 mi | 62.3 | 46% | 74% | 7.3% |
| Aigues-Mortes 8,699 · 3.7 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 20% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze 3,690 · 7.4 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 11% | 5.1% |
| Mauguio 16,522 · 8.5 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 31% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Just 3,293 · 8.7 mi | 40.5 | 16% | 1.7% | 6.1% |
| Lansargues 3,233 · 9 mi | 43.8 | 20% | 3.6% | 6.5% |
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 Grau-du-Roi
What is the population of Le Grau-du-Roi?
8,588 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (8,498).
How old are Le Grau-du-Roi’s residents?
The median age is 62.3, older than 99% of compared French towns. 9.8% are under 18 and 45% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Grau-du-Roi?
19,080, with occasional dwellings: 79% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Grau-du-Roi?
INSEE counts 540 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 280 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Grau-du-Roi?
€24,780 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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