Half of Uzès is over 57.1, older than 96% of compared French towns
Here 13% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. On the census count, 7.9% of households are headed by a manual worker. Compared with other places, households without a car are common here: 21%, more than in 86% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 8,519 residents in 4,490 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 Uzès
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 1,410 second homes and occasional dwellings in Uzès, 23% of its 6,220 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 48% 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 Uzès’ residents are under 57.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
49% of Uzès’ households are one person: higher than in 91% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
23% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
Flats: 54% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Uzès has fewer empty homes than 73% of compared French towns, at 5.1%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Uzès, the census puts households in social housing at 11%.
From 2012 to 2023, 73% of compared French towns grew faster than Uzès: −1%
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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gard town +7%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns: 39%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Uzès 57.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.2% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
49% of households are one person living alone, more than in 91% 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
Households here average 1.8 people each. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Uzès sits higher than 55% of compared French towns: 10%.
Median living standard: €23,390 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.
At €23,390 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 78% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 23.0%.
Uzès ranks above 96% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 49%
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
Locally, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. The wider picture: nearly a third 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).
Immigrants: 11%, a higher share than 76% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Uzès comes in at 7.6%. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Below 62% of compared French towns: 41% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Single residents make up about one in four here (26%). The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 34%, a higher share than 65% of compared French towns
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 adults with no qualification is 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (8,431 to 8,606 people), the 3rd 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.
The youngest is Varces-Allières-et-Risset (35.8), the oldest Le Grau-du-Roi (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Uzès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uzès | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 2.4 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Poulx 4,348 · 7.4 mi | 49 | 24% | 2.7% | 4.8% |
| La Calmette 2,604 · 9.8 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 8.7% |
| Marguerittes 8,346 · 10.7 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.6% |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès 3,225 · 11 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 2.5% | 9.1% |
| Meynes 2,597 · 11.8 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 4.7% | 6.8% |
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 Uzès
What is the population of Uzès?
8,519 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (8,578).
How old are Uzès’ residents?
The median age is 57.1, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Uzès?
1,410, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Uzès?
INSEE counts 980 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 640 foreign nationals (7.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Uzès?
€23,390 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 23.0% 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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