Half of Saint-Maximin is over 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns
Households without a car make up 1.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 4.1% of households are single parents in Saint-Maximin. The town has more households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns, at 45%. In 2023, the Census found 798 residents in the town, living in 370 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-Maximin
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Maximin, 22% of its 510 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Maximin’s residents are under 53.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Maximin ranks above 94% of compared French towns on second homes: 22%
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
16% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.8% moved in within the last two years. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6.5%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Maximin grew +15% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 81% 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 first five years brought +7%; the six to 2023, +7%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns, at 7.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Maximin 53.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 32% of residents are 65 or over in Saint-Maximin. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 30%, a lower share than 78% 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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 24%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
A median of €26,690 a year per consumption unit
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 €26,690 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
8.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 58% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 14%. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 76% of compared French towns: 11% of 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.
Foreign nationals make up 8.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 92% 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
Here 50% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 798 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Saint-Maximin: 2 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-Maximin | 53.6 | 32% | 22% | 11% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 2.3 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 3.6 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Poulx 4,348 · 6.1 mi | 49 | 24% | 2.7% | 4.8% |
| Marguerittes 8,346 · 9.1 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.6% |
| Meynes 2,597 · 9.6 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| La Calmette 2,604 · 10.4 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 8.7% |
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-Maximin
What is the population of Saint-Maximin?
798 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (695).
How old are Saint-Maximin’s residents?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Maximin?
110, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Maximin?
INSEE counts 90 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 69 foreign nationals (8.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Maximin?
€26,690 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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