Households headed by a manager or professional: 3.7%, a lower share than 94% of compared French towns
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are couples with children in Saint-Gilles. This Gard town had 14,734 residents in 6,250 households at the 2023 Census. The share of second homes stands at 3.9%. Half of the town’s residents are under 41.7, younger than in just over two thirds 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-Gilles
Immigrants
INSEE counts 2,800 immigrants in Saint-Gilles (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 19% of residents, against 6.6% for the median compared commune in Gard. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Saint-Gilles has grown +8%, faster than 63% 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 ±0% and the next six +8%.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Gilles 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over here. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
10% of households are single parents, more than in 53% of compared French towns
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. At 35%, the share of one-person households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Gilles ranks above 67% of compared French towns on empty homes: 8.3%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 17% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 10% (under two years). As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Half above, half below €20,770 a year in 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 €20,770 a year: lower than in 94% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 29.0% of residents.
In Saint-Gilles, 23% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 92% of compared French towns
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 retired person at 33% in Saint-Gilles. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Gilles: 19% of residents are immigrants, above 92% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 15% of residents are foreign nationals in Saint-Gilles. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Married residents make up 46% in Saint-Gilles, more than in 72% 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
Single residents: a quarter of the total. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 93% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 32% in Saint-Gilles. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 14,380 to 15,097 people: this is the 18th 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.
Valenton is the youngest (33.9); Saint-Jean-de-Luz the oldest (54.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saint-Gilles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gilles | 41.7 | 21% | 3.9% | 19% |
| Générac 4,046 · 5.2 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Beauvoisin 6,066 · 5.8 mi | 37.4 | 15% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Garons 5,381 · 6.1 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 1.1% | 8.8% |
| Bellegarde 8,035 · 6.5 mi | 39.3 | 18% | 2.5% | 7.9% |
| Vauvert 11,671 · 7.5 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 2.7% | 10% |
| Caissargues 4,079 · 8 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 0.8% | 7.5% |
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-Gilles
What is the population of Saint-Gilles?
14,734 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (13,646).
How old are Saint-Gilles’ residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Gilles?
280, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Gilles?
INSEE counts 2,760 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 19% of residents, and 2,220 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Gilles?
€20,770 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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