Mialet is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.7
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Mialet had 628 residents in 330 households at the 2023 census. Couples with children make up about one in six here (17%). The share of flats trails just over four fifths of compared French towns: 13%.
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 Mialet
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 300 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mialet, 46% of its 660 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 85% 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 Mialet’s residents are under 57.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
46% of homes are second homes, more than in 97% 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
21% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.4% moved in within the last two years. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few empty homes: 4.4% here, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. With households without a car at 7.1%, Mialet is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count.
Mialet grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 55% 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 +5% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mialet 57.7. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 36% in Mialet. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
39% of households are one person living alone, a share 65% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Mialet sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 9.2%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€23,540 a year: the median standard of living
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 €23,540 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Mialet ranks above 88% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 42%
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 just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 72% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 59% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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.
Few places have so few foreign nationals: 3.5% here, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 20% in Mialet, less than in 90% 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
The share of married residents is 49%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Mialet sits below 80% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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
38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (628 to 2,582 people), the 5th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Mialet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mialet | 57.7 | 36% | 46% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 2,586 · 2.9 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Anduze 3,391 · 4.4 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 15% | 8.1% |
| Boisset-et-Gaujac 2,707 · 5.8 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Bagard 2,605 · 6.2 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 3.6% | 5% |
| Alès 46,125 · 7.2 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.1% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès 7,310 · 7.2 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
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 Mialet
What is the population of Mialet?
628 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (592).
How old are Mialet’s residents?
The median age is 57.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mialet?
300, with occasional dwellings: 46% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mialet?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mialet?
€23,540 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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