Only 4.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Salindres
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Salindres, 12%. Its 1,690 households held 3,648 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of households rent social housing (HLM). Half of the town’s residents are over 44.6, older than in 54% 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.
Growth of +14% since 2012 puts Salindres ahead of 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +10%; 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gard town +7%.
Salindres sits below 62% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (10%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Salindres 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 55% 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, 2.1 people share a household. Lower than in 54% of compared French towns: 24% of households are couples with children. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Only 26% of homes are flats in Salindres
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
Empty homes: 7.6%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 13% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Fewer households without a car than in 59% of compared French towns: 9.1%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,390 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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,390 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 86% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 20.0% of residents.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 76% of compared French towns: 18%
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 retired person (37%), Salindres is above 72% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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).
Salindres sits below 74% of compared French towns for immigrants (4%)
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.
With foreign nationals at 2.9%, Salindres is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Only 42% of residents 15 and over are married in Salindres
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
Compared with other places, single residents are common here: 26%, more than in 54% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification here. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 3,620 to 3,675
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Lizy-sur-Ourcq (37.6), the oldest Plestin-les-Grèves (61.5).
Every neighbor is older than Salindres
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salindres | 44.6 | 23% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 1.2 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux 5,703 · 2.6 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 3,533 · 2.8 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues 4,840 · 3.8 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 0.9% | 9.3% |
| Alès 46,125 · 4.7 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.1% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 4,670 · 5.7 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 2% | 4.7% |
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 Salindres
What is the population of Salindres?
3,648 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (3,190).
How old are Salindres’ residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salindres?
41, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salindres?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salindres?
€22,390 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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