Les Plantiers is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 59.1
The share of empty homes is 3.3%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Les Plantiers is home to 228 residents in 130 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that 16% of households are couples with children locally. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 84% 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 Les Plantiers
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Plantiers, 56% of its 310 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 72% 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 Les Plantiers’ residents are under 59.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
52% of Les Plantiers’ households are one person: higher than in 96% of compared French towns; 39% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Les Plantiers ranks above 98% of compared French towns on second homes: 56%
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
1.6% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 14% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 20%.
Les Plantiers changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 78% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gard town +7%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +10%; 2017 to 2023, −11%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 2.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Plantiers 59.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 37%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
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
A household here holds 1.7 people on average. Just over one in ten households are single parents, more than in 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
A median of €20,590 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 €20,590 a year: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
4% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Les Plantiers comes in at 8%. 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).
Les Plantiers ranks above 67% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 6.6%
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 14: 7% of residents are immigrants. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 24%, a lower share than 60% 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 Les Plantiers, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Les Plantiers ranks above 83% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 27%
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
Graduates of higher education: 24%, below 71% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 228 to 2,582 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Les Plantiers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Plantiers | 59.1 | 37% | 56% | 7% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 2,586 · 8.2 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Le Vigan 3,863 · 10.4 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 11% | 12% |
| Ganges 3,724 · 12.4 mi | 52.8 | 35% | 3.5% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort 3,737 · 12.5 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Anduze 3,391 · 13.5 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 15% | 8.1% |
| Boisset-et-Gaujac 2,707 · 15.7 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.7% | 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 Les Plantiers
What is the population of Les Plantiers?
228 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (233).
How old are Les Plantiers’ residents?
The median age is 59.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Plantiers?
170, with occasional dwellings: 56% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Plantiers?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (6.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Plantiers?
€20,590 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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