A median age of 54.2: Le Martinet is older than 93% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Le Martinet comes in at 5.3%. At the 2023 Census Le Martinet was home to 719 people in 370 households. On the census count, 13% of households are single parents. 11% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 83% of compared French towns.
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 Martinet
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Martinet, 24% of its 570 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 68% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Martinet had 840 residents at the 2012 census and 719 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Le Martinet’s residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 24% of its 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
Flats: 48% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many households without a car: 18% here, more than in 80% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 12.
Since 2012, Le Martinet has changed by −14%, slower than 99% 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, −11% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Gard.
In Le Martinet, 31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 87% 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 Martinet 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3%, below 90% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
A smaller share of couples with children than 88% of compared French towns: 16%
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 here average 1.9 people each. Higher than in 82% of compared French towns: 44% of households are one person living alone. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A median of €19,670 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €19,670 a year: lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
Le Martinet ranks above 98% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 51%
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
Across Le Martinet, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. 5.3% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 51% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 74% 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.
Put another way, about one in 25: 4% of residents are foreign nationals. Elsewhere, 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.
Married residents make up 39% in Le Martinet, less than in 75% 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
By its share of single residents (28%), Le Martinet is above 66% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns: 18%
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 26% in Le Martinet and 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 719 to 2,582
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); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Le Martinet: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Martinet | 54.2 | 31% | 24% | 3.9% |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 2.9 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 9.6% | 4.7% |
| La Grand-Combe 4,783 · 3.8 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1% | 11% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 3,533 · 5.3 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 5.4 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 5.5 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues 4,840 · 6.1 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 0.9% | 9.3% |
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 Martinet
What is the population of Le Martinet?
719 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (840).
How old are Le Martinet’s residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Martinet?
140, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Martinet?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Martinet?
€19,670 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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