Households in social housing make up 1.7% in Orsan, less than in 97% of compared French towns
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 2.9% of households are single parents here. The 2023 Census counted 1,190 residents in 530 households. Households headed by a retired person come to 40% in Orsan, about four in ten. Flats are rarer here than in 89% 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.
Orsan’s population changed by +9% since 2012, more than in 67% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +5%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Half of Orsan is over 46.5, older than 66% 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
■ Orsan 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Orsan has more residents aged 65 and over than 54% of compared French towns, at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 75% of compared French towns: 30%
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 Orsan, 32% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Orsan sits below 79% of compared French towns for households without a car (6.2%)
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
One household in 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Second homes make up about one in 23 here (4.4%). Orsan has fewer empty homes than 69% of compared French towns, at 5.4%.
Standard of living at the median: €28,940 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 residents live in households above €28,940 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns, at 5.3%
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Orsan has 11%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Orsan sits below 97% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (0.8%)
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.
The share of immigrants is 3.1%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Fewer single residents than 81% of compared French towns: 22%
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
In Orsan, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Orsan has 37%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,190 to 2,582
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Orsan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orsan | 46.5 | 23% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise 6,835 · 1.9 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze 18,112 · 3 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2.5% | 14% |
| Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres 2,996 · 5.8 mi | 41 | 18% | 2% | 5.3% |
| Piolenc 5,718 · 5.9 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 3.9% | 4.9% |
| Mornas 2,569 · 6.1 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 4.1% | 5% |
| Orange 29,706 · 7.3 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.6% | 14% |
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 Orsan
What is the population of Orsan?
1,190 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,090).
How old are Orsan’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orsan?
26, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orsan?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orsan?
€28,940 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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