Tornac is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.3
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Tornac is home to 945 residents in 450 households, by the 2023 Census. 14% of homes are flats. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; here, 4.1%.
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 Tornac
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 77 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tornac, 13% of its 580 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Tornac’s residents are under 53.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes in Tornac are second homes
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
Some 5.7% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 19% who have been there 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Tornac, 10% of homes stand empty.
Since 2012, Tornac has grown +8%, faster than 62% 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 median Gard town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +5%.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 29% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tornac 53.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 20% of households are couples with children
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
Single-parent households: 12%, above nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Tornac has fewer one-person households than just over three fifths of compared French towns, at 33%. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
A median of €23,810 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.
Half of Tornac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,810 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5.6% in Tornac, less than in 80% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (12%), Tornac is below 64% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 38% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.8% of residents in Tornac 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. About one in 17: that is how common immigrants are in Tornac (5.8%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 4.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 51%
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
The share of single residents trails 83% of compared French towns: 21%. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 62% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 32% in Tornac and 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 945 to 2,582
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.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Tornac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornac | 53.3 | 29% | 13% | 5.8% |
| Anduze 3,391 · 2.2 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 15% | 8.1% |
| Boisset-et-Gaujac 2,707 · 2.3 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Bagard 2,605 · 4.1 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 3.6% | 5% |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès 7,310 · 5.7 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Quissac 3,528 · 7.7 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 5.6% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 4,670 · 7.8 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 Tornac
What is the population of Tornac?
945 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (877).
How old are Tornac’s residents?
The median age is 53.3, older than 91% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tornac?
77, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tornac?
INSEE counts 55 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tornac?
€23,810 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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