A median age of 56.5: Seynes is older than 96% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 180 people lived in Seynes, in 95 households. In Seynes, 4.2% of households have no car. Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 11% of homes are flats here.
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 Seynes
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Seynes, 18% of its 120 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Seynes’ residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Seynes, 4.9% of homes stand empty.
Seynes grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 78% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +12%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gard town +7%.
Seynes ranks below 96% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Seynes 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 29% in Seynes and 22% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Seynes, 20% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 74% 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
Each household has 1.9 people on average. One-person households are more common here than in 69% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€21,340 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Seynes’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,340 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 45%, a higher share than 93% 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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Seynes, 20%. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Seynes: 5.6% of residents are foreign nationals, above 61% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. Here, 6.1% of residents are immigrants. Set beside that, 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 68% 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
41% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Seynes
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 26%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. 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 180 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Seynes, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seynes | 56.5 | 29% | 18% | 6.1% |
| Salindres 3,648 · 7.2 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux 5,703 · 8.2 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 8.3 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 4,670 · 8.3 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 2% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 9.1 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 9.6 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
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 Seynes
What is the population of Seynes?
180 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (159).
How old are Seynes’ residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Seynes?
22, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Seynes?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Seynes?
€21,340 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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