Photo: EmDee · CC BY-SA 3.0Above 94% of compared French towns: 15% of households are single parents
In Sommières, 17% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 5,073 people lived locally, in 2,390 households. Across Sommières, 4.8% of homes are second homes. Few places have as many flats: 48% here, more than in 72% 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.
Sommières grew +12% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 75% 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
Here the change came as +9% to 2017, then +3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Gard.
Half of Sommières is under 43.2, younger than 57% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sommières 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 20% of households are couples with children in Sommières
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. At 41%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 74% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Sommières, 11% of homes stand empty, more than in 83% of compared French towns
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
Here 14% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Long tenure is the mark of 10% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 16% (under two years). Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,550 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,550 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 85% of compared French towns. 26.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 63% of compared French towns: 30%
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 15%. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 8.5%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
9.7% of residents are immigrants, more than in 69% 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 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are foreign nationals here.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 35%, a lower share than 90% 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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Sommières has 31%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 70% of compared French towns: 23%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 5,027 to 5,124 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 31.7 in Bezannes to 67.3 in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne.
Sommières sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sommières | 43.2 | 22% | 4.8% | 9.7% |
| Aubais 2,925 · 3.9 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 8.9% | 3.1% |
| Restinclières 2,612 · 4.8 mi | 38 | 13% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Calvisson 6,486 · 5.4 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 15% | 4.8% |
| Aigues-Vives 3,331 · 5.5 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 5.5% | 4% |
| Gallargues-le-Montueux 3,659 · 6.1 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 16% | 4.1% |
| Sussargues 2,840 · 6.4 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 3.8% | 3.9% |
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 Sommières
What is the population of Sommières?
5,073 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (4,529).
How old are Sommières’ residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sommières?
140, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sommières?
INSEE counts 490 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.7% of residents, and 330 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sommières?
€22,550 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 26.0% 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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