Moussac sits below 98% of compared French towns for households in social housing (1.5%)
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Moussac has 4%. 1,564 residents in 640 households: that is Moussac at the 2023 Census. Across Moussac, 29% of households are couples with children. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 6.8% here, fewer than in 70% 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 Moussac
Growing fast
Moussac had 1,306 residents at the 2012 census and 1,564 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Moussac grew +20% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 90% 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 +14% from 2012 to 2017 and +5% from 2017 to 2023.
Moussac sits below 75% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.4%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Moussac 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Moussac’s residents are under 43.5, younger than in 54% of compared French towns. Here, 23% of residents are 65 or over. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 29%, a lower share than 81% 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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Few places have so few single-parent households: 8.4% here, fewer than in three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
Flats: 12%, a lower share than 84% 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
Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Moussac has 4.7%. Set beside that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 14 here (7%).
€23,880 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 €23,880 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a retired person, below 67% 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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6% of residents in Moussac 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 a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. About one in 17: that is how common immigrants are in Moussac (6%). There is little gap on foreign nationals: 4.1%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 68% of compared French towns, at 45%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents 15 and over are single here. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 24%, a higher share than 73% 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
The share of graduates of higher education trails 62% of compared French towns: 27%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 1,564 to 2,582 people, the 13th youngest
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.
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Moussac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moussac | 43.5 | 23% | 4.7% | 6% |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès 3,225 · 2.6 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 2.5% | 9.1% |
| La Calmette 2,604 · 4.5 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 4,670 · 9.4 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 2% | 4.7% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 9.7 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès 7,310 · 9.7 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Bagard 2,605 · 10.4 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 3.6% | 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 Moussac
What is the population of Moussac?
1,564 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (1,306).
How old are Moussac’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Moussac?
34, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Moussac?
INSEE counts 94 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 64 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Moussac?
€23,880 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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