Saint-Bauzély sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (41%)
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Saint-Bauzély has 6.2%. In Saint-Bauzély, 0.4% of households rent social housing (HLM). Flats are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 678 residents in 260 households.
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-Bauzély
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 9.7% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Saint-Bauzély’s residents are under 37.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Saint-Bauzély had 565 residents at the 2012 census and 678 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.
Saint-Bauzély grew +20% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gard town +7%. The first five years brought +15%; the six to 2023, +4%.
A median age of 37.4: Saint-Bauzély is younger than 90% 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
■ Saint-Bauzély 37.4. The median compared French town: 44.
13% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Residents aged 15 to 24: a tenth of the total.
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%.
Only 21% of households are one person living alone in Saint-Bauzély
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 2.6 people. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.7% here, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A larger share of empty homes than 68% of compared French towns: 8.4%
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 9.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 13%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Saint-Bauzély has more second homes than 55% of compared French towns, at 2.5%.
Standard of living at the median: €25,390 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 €25,390 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Only 25% of households are headed by a retired person in Saint-Bauzély
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
Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. 9.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 51% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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).
6.5% of Saint-Bauzély’s residents 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 higher than in half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. In Saint-Bauzély, 3.5% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Saint-Bauzély
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: 47%, above nearly four fifths of compared French towns. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 54% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Across Saint-Bauzély, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 678 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Saint-Bauzély
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Bauzély | 37.4 | 13% | 2.5% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès 3,225 · 2 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 2.5% | 9.1% |
| La Calmette 2,604 · 3.3 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 8.7% |
| Clarensac 4,386 · 6.6 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 5.3% |
| Caveirac 4,408 · 7.3 mi | 51.8 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.9% |
| Calvisson 6,486 · 9.3 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 15% | 4.8% |
| Nîmes 151,839 · 9.8 mi | 40.5 | 21% | 5.6% | 16% |
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-Bauzély
What is the population of Saint-Bauzély?
678 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (565).
How old are Saint-Bauzély’s residents?
The median age is 37.4, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Bauzély?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Bauzély?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Bauzély?
€25,390 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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