A smaller share of households without a car than 96% of compared French towns: 3.6%
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.6% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 3.2% of households are single parents in Sardan. This Gard town has more households headed by a manager or professional than 95% of compared French towns, at 27%. At the 2023 Census, 347 people lived locally, in 150 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 Sardan
Growing fast
Sardan had 280 residents at the 2012 census and 347 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+24% since 2012, a pace 93% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gard town +7%.
Sardan is older than 63% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sardan 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In Sardan, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 74 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 83% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
With one-person households at 30%, Sardan is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.2 people.
Fewer flats than 94% of compared French towns: 6%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Here, 9.2% of homes are second homes. By its share of empty homes (9.6%), Sardan is above 77% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €28,400 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.
Half of Sardan’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,400 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
31% of households are headed by a retired person, 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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).
In Sardan, 2.9% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 66% 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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 5.3% of residents are immigrants here. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Sardan sits below 88% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (12%)
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 share of graduates of higher education is 41%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 347 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th 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.
Older than Sardan: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Sardan
What is the population of Sardan?
347 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (280).
How old are Sardan’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sardan?
18, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sardan?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sardan?
€28,400 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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