31% of homes in Vallérargues are second homes
Here 1.8% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. There were 57 households in Vallérargues at the 2023 Census, home to 132 residents. 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in six. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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.
What stands out about the people of Vallérargues
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vallérargues, 31% of its 96 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vallérargues had 141 residents at the 2012 census and 132 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 8.3% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
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
Turnover: 5.3% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 19% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Higher than in 75% of compared French towns: 9.4% of homes stand empty.
Slower growth than 92% of compared French towns: Vallérargues changed by −6% since 2012
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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Gard.
Older than 69% of compared French towns: half of Vallérargues is over 47
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vallérargues 47. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, above 77% of compared French towns. About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Vallérargues (23%).
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 88% of compared French towns, at 33%
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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 8.3% of households are single parents here. One-person households are rarer here than in 59% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €21,000 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 Vallérargues’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,000 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker here. The usual figure: 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).
6.1% of residents in Vallérargues 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.
The median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns. The census found that 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Vallérargues.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 11% 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
Nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
41 French towns of 132 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Vallérargues
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallérargues | 47 | 23% | 31% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 7.2 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 8.5 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
| Salindres 3,648 · 10.1 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 11.1 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux 5,703 · 11.7 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 11.7 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
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 Vallérargues
What is the population of Vallérargues?
132 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (141).
How old are Vallérargues’ residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vallérargues?
30, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vallérargues?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vallérargues?
€21,000 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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