Below 86% of compared French towns: 28% of households are one person living alone
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 17% of homes are flats here. 7.5% of households have no car. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 72% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Saint-Chaptes was home to 2,055 people in 880 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-Chaptes
Growing fast
Saint-Chaptes had 1,743 residents at the 2012 census and 2,055 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +18% since 2012, faster than 87% 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%.
Older than 64% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Chaptes is over 46
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Chaptes 46. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Saint-Chaptes. Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 67% of compared French towns: 28%
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, 2.3 people share a household. Few places have as many single-parent households: 12% here, more than in 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
Only 8.6% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Saint-Chaptes
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
With second homes at 3.4%, Saint-Chaptes is ahead of 65% of compared French towns on that count. 6.6% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns. On average, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
€24,940 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,940 a year: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 60% of compared French towns, at 8%
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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 15% in Saint-Chaptes. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Chaptes, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 87% 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.
By its share of immigrants (3.9%), Saint-Chaptes is below 74% of compared French towns. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Chaptes sits below 68% of compared French towns for single residents (23%)
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
At 43%, the share of married residents is higher than in 50% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Chaptes sits below 60% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (17%)
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Saint-Chaptes comes in at 28%. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,055 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Saint-Chaptes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Chaptes | 46 | 22% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| La Calmette 2,604 · 3.4 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès 3,225 · 3.5 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 2.5% | 9.1% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 7.6 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
| Poulx 4,348 · 8.3 mi | 49 | 24% | 2.7% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 9.5 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Caveirac 4,408 · 10.2 mi | 51.8 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.9% |
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-Chaptes
What is the population of Saint-Chaptes?
2,055 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (1,743).
How old are Saint-Chaptes’ residents?
The median age is 46, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Chaptes?
33, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Chaptes?
INSEE counts 80 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Chaptes?
€24,940 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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