2.4% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Martignargues has 1.4%. On flats, Martignargues sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 3.5%. The town is home to 439 residents in 190 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in 18: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Martignargues (5.6%).
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 Martignargues
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Martignargues, 14% of its 220 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 90% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Martignargues sits above 90% of compared French towns for second homes (14%)
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
In the last two years, 7.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 21% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Martignargues grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 58% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Gard town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 67% 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
■ Martignargues 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.9, Martignargues is older than 63% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 25% 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
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Martignargues, 13%. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children account for 34%.
€27,110 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,110 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 57% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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
On the census count, a third of households are headed by a retired person. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are common here: 14%, more than in just over half of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Martignargues: 5.7% 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.
Immigrants make up about one in 18 here (5.7%). That is lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 4.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Martignargues sits below 97% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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: 42% of the total. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Martignargues ranks above 62% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 34%
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Martignargues has 17%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 439 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.
Martignargues and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martignargues | 45.9 | 25% | 14% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 4,670 · 4.7 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 2% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès 7,310 · 5.4 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Bagard 2,605 · 6.5 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 3.6% | 5% |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès 3,225 · 6.9 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 2.5% | 9.1% |
| Alès 46,125 · 7.4 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.1% | 9.8% |
| Boisset-et-Gaujac 2,707 · 7.6 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 Martignargues
What is the population of Martignargues?
439 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (412).
How old are Martignargues’ residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Martignargues?
30, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Martignargues?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Martignargues?
€27,110 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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