Ners: 11% of homes are second homes, above 88% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put households without a car at 4.6% in Ners. This Gard town counted 830 residents and 370 households at the 2023 Census. One-person households: 31% here and 35% in the typical compared French town.
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 Ners
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 49 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ners, 11% of its 450 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ners sits below 87% of compared French towns for flats (10%)
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 21%. 6.6% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Ners has grown +15%, faster than 83% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and +18% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Gard.
Half of Ners is over 47.3, older than 71% 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
■ Ners 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in Ners. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (22%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 62% of compared French towns, at 11%
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. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents. Higher than in 52% of compared French towns: 26% of households are couples with children.
€24,920 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 median standard of living in Ners is €24,920 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Ners sits above 72% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (18%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Ners has 35%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in nine here (11%). As a yardstick, 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).
4.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 64% 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.
3.7% of residents are foreign nationals. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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 75% of compared French towns, at 47%
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
Single residents make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 72% 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
Nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 830 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Ners
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ners | 47.3 | 22% | 11% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 4,670 · 5 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 2% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès 7,310 · 5.2 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Bagard 2,605 · 5.9 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 3.6% | 5% |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès 3,225 · 6.3 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 2.5% | 9.1% |
| Boisset-et-Gaujac 2,707 · 6.8 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Alès 46,125 · 7.7 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.1% | 9.8% |
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 Ners
What is the population of Ners?
830 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (719).
How old are Ners’ residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ners?
49, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ners?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ners?
€24,920 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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