33% of households are couples with children, more than in 87% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person: 25% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Redessan had 4,211 residents in 1,740 households at the 2023 census. 7.2% of households have no car, or about one in 14. On flats, Redessan sits lower than 71% of compared French towns: 19%.
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.
Since 2012, Redessan has changed by +4%, slower than 53% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gard town +7%. The change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 42.7: Redessan is younger than 61% 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
■ Redessan 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 12% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Residents aged 65 and over account for 20%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 85% 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
Households here average 2.4 people each. More single-parent households than in 52% of compared French towns: 10%. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 8.1% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
In Redessan, 4.7% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. For Redessan, the census puts second homes at 1.5%.
€24,850 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,850 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 62% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 17.0% of residents.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 68% 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
On households headed by a manager or professional, Redessan sits lower than 55% of compared French towns: 8.6%. The usual figure: 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).
7.6% of residents are immigrants, a share 58% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Census figures put foreign nationals at 4.5% in Redessan. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Single residents: 24%, a lower share than 64% 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
Married residents: 44% of the total. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Redessan ranks below 65% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 26%
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
Adults with no qualification: 21% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
11th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 4,179 to 4,241
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 Salouël (32.5), the oldest Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (65.8).
Older than Redessan: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redessan | 42.7 | 20% | 1.5% | 7.6% |
| Manduel 7,044 · 1.6 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 1% | 6.7% |
| Rodilhan 2,799 · 3.1 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 2% | 7.7% |
| Marguerittes 8,346 · 3.2 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.6% |
| Jonquières-Saint-Vincent 3,875 · 3.3 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 2.2% | 13% |
| Bouillargues 6,070 · 4 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 1.1% | 6.2% |
| Meynes 2,597 · 4.7 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 4.7% | 6.8% |
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 Redessan
What is the population of Redessan?
4,211 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (4,044).
How old are Redessan’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Redessan?
27, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Redessan?
INSEE counts 320 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 190 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Redessan?
€24,850 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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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