2.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
16% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 1.6% of households rent social housing (HLM). Saint-Dézéry counted 457 residents and 180 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 22% of households are one person living alone.
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-Dézéry
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Dézéry, 14% of its 230 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 74% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
14% of homes are second homes, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 the last two years, 11% of households moved in; at the other end, 17% have stayed 30 years or more. 9.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here 4.9% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
A +14% change since 2012: Saint-Dézéry grew faster than 80% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gard town +7%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +13%; 2017 to 2023, +2%.
20% of residents are 65 or over, below 67% 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-Dézéry 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.9, Saint-Dézéry is younger than 59% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 89% of compared French towns: 14%
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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 30%, more than in 74% of compared French towns. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
€25,660 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,660 a year: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Saint-Dézéry ranks below 96% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 19%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (8.1%), Saint-Dézéry is below 87% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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).
3.1% of residents are foreign nationals, below 64% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Saint-Dézéry, 5.5%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 45%, a higher share than 67% 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
Across Saint-Dézéry, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 15% in Saint-Dézéry and 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 457 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Saint-Dézéry: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Dézéry | 42.9 | 20% | 14% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès 3,225 · 4.6 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 2.5% | 9.1% |
| La Calmette 2,604 · 5.4 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 8.7% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 7.4 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 9 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 4,670 · 9.8 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 2% | 4.7% |
| Poulx 4,348 · 9.8 mi | 49 | 24% | 2.7% | 4.8% |
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 Saint-Dézéry
What is the population of Saint-Dézéry?
457 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (400).
How old are Saint-Dézéry’s residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Dézéry?
31, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Dézéry?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Dézéry?
€25,660 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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