Photo: Grand-Pierre Le Vigan · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Le Vigan is over 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns
25% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). At the 2023 Census Le Vigan was home to 3,863 people in 2,070 households. Couples with children: 14% of the total. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 85% 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 Vigan
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 300 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Vigan, 11% of its 2,710 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 73% 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 Vigan’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
52% of Le Vigan’s households are one person: higher than in 96% of compared French towns; 38% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 340 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Vigan sits above 89% of compared French towns for second homes (11%)
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
The share of flats tops 77% of compared French towns: 52%. Empty homes are more common here than in 90% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households in social housing at 14% in Le Vigan.
Slower growth than 76% of compared French towns: Le Vigan changed by −2% since 2012
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 median Gard town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −3% and the next six +1%.
Le Vigan ranks above 93% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 34%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Vigan 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Le Vigan comes in at 8.6%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 52% of households are one person living alone
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
Each household has 1.8 people on average. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 10%, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
€19,550 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 €19,550 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 33.0% of residents.
11% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 70% 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
Here, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. For comparison, 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).
Above 77% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are immigrants
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.
Here 8.3% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 34%, a lower share than 92% 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
In Le Vigan, 32% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 28%, a higher share than 86% 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
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 3,834 to 3,893 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 36.3 in Pringy to 68.1 in Saint-Palais-sur-Mer.
Every neighbor is younger than Le Vigan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Vigan | 54.8 | 34% | 11% | 12% |
| Ganges 3,724 · 6.2 mi | 52.8 | 35% | 3.5% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort 3,737 · 12.6 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 2,696 · 15.1 mi | 45 | 21% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 2,586 · 15.9 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 14% | 5.6% |
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 Vigan
What is the population of Le Vigan?
3,863 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (3,925).
How old are Le Vigan’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Vigan?
300, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Vigan?
INSEE counts 450 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 320 foreign nationals (8.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Vigan?
€19,550 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 33.0% 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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