3.7% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns
In Milhaud, 6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 6,297 residents in 2,800 households. 13% of households are single parents. On residents aged 65 and over, Milhaud sits higher than 61% of compared French towns: 24%.
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.
A +10% change since 2012: Milhaud grew faster than 69% 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: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then +12% to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 72% of compared French towns: 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Milhaud 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Milhaud is 44.3, higher than in 52% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
23% of households are couples with children, below 60% 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
The average household has 2.2 people. Milhaud has fewer one-person households than 57% of compared French towns, at 34%. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
26% of homes are flats, below 58% 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
By its share of households in social housing (14%), Milhaud is above 58% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, flats come to 30%. The census found that 1.9% of homes are second homes locally. The town has fewer households without a car than 54% of compared French towns, at 9.9%.
Median living standard: €23,560 a year
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.
Half of Milhaud’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,560 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 77% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 20.0%.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 66% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker here. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Milhaud: 9.1% of residents are immigrants, above 66% 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.
Few places have as many foreign nationals: 4.8% here, more than in 55% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 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 27% in Milhaud, more than in 61% 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
Milhaud has more married residents than 53% of compared French towns, at 43%. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 76% of compared French towns: 23%
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 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Milhaud has 23%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 6,234 to 6,367 people: this is the 20th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Pont-de-Chéruy (33.9), the youngest, and Fleurance (54.3), the oldest.
Milhaud sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Milhaud
What is the population of Milhaud?
6,297 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (5,725).
How old are Milhaud’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Milhaud?
55, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Milhaud?
INSEE counts 580 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.1% of residents, and 300 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Milhaud?
€23,560 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% 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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