Below 98% of compared French towns: 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24
7.3% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Saint-Gervais’s 370 households held 801 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that 2.7% of households are headed by a manual worker in the town. Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 1.7% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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-Gervais
Empty homes
The census found 68 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Saint-Gervais had 672 residents at the 2012 census and 801 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +19% change since 2012: faster than 89% 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 Gard town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +7% and the next six +11%.
Saint-Gervais is older than 67% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Gervais 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 83% of compared French towns: 18%
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
By its share of single-parent households (13%), Saint-Gervais is above 83% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
A higher share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Some 11% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 24% who have been there 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Locally, 5.4% of households have no car. On second homes, Saint-Gervais sits higher than nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 4.5%.
A typical living standard of €26,570 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.
Living standards centre on €26,570 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 74% of compared French towns, at 37%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 32% 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).
Foreign nationals make up 2% in Saint-Gervais, less than in 78% 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.
The share of immigrants is 5.3%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Saint-Gervais has 51%. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 35%, a higher share than 68% 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 16%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 801 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Saint-Gervais
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gervais | 46.6 | 23% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze 18,112 · 2.8 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2.5% | 14% |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit 10,958 · 5.9 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 2.6% | 11% |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise 6,835 · 7.2 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Mondragon 3,833 · 8.1 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 7.2% |
| Mornas 2,569 · 8.3 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 4.1% | 5% |
| Piolenc 5,718 · 9.5 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 3.9% | 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-Gervais
What is the population of Saint-Gervais?
801 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (672).
How old are Saint-Gervais’ residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Gervais?
21, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Gervais?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Gervais?
€26,570 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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