A median age of 56.1: Saint-Ambroix is older than 95% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional: 2%, below 99% of compared French towns. There were 1,740 households in Saint-Ambroix at the 2023 Census, home to 3,445 residents. Locally, 44% of households are one person living alone. Few places have as many second homes: 7.8% here, more than in 85% 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 Saint-Ambroix
An older town
Half of Saint-Ambroix’s residents are under 56.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 480 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 54% of compared French towns grew faster than Saint-Ambroix: +4%
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
Over those years, the median Gard town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 37% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Ambroix 56.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.1%, Saint-Ambroix is behind 92% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Ambroix sits below 96% of compared French towns for couples with children (13%)
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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. More single-parent households than in 67% of compared French towns: 11%.
Empty homes: 20%, a higher share than 99% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 13% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 17%. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. On households in social housing, Saint-Ambroix sits lower than 80% of compared French towns: 6.3%. Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Saint-Ambroix comes in at 18%.
€20,680 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 Saint-Ambroix’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,680 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 29.0% of residents.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 46% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Here just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. The wider picture: 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 64% of compared French towns: 5%
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 median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 64% of compared French towns. About one in 30: that is how common foreign nationals are in Saint-Ambroix (3.3%). Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Ambroix ranks below 85% of compared French towns on married residents: 37%
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
The share of single residents tops 74% of compared French towns: 29%. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 88% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 25%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,414 to 3,474 people: this is the 5th 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 Moult-Chicheboville (35.9), the youngest, and Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan (58.7), the oldest.
Saint-Ambroix sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ambroix | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 5.4 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 9.6% | 4.7% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 5.5 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Salindres 3,648 · 6.2 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 3,533 · 7.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux 5,703 · 8.5 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues 4,840 · 8.5 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 0.9% | 9.3% |
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 Saint-Ambroix
What is the population of Saint-Ambroix?
3,445 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (3,319).
How old are Saint-Ambroix’s residents?
The median age is 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Ambroix?
190, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Ambroix?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Ambroix?
€20,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 29.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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