Second homes: 11%, a higher share than 89% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 5.1%, below 87% of compared French towns. Valliguières’s 280 households held 653 residents at the 2023 Census. Flats: just over a tenth of the total. More couples with children than in three quarters of compared French towns: 30%.
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 Valliguières
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Valliguières, 11% of its 350 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Valliguières had 549 residents at the 2012 census and 653 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 70% of compared French towns: 8.6%
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. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A +19% change since 2012: Valliguières grew faster than 89% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gard town +7%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +6%; from 2017 to 2023, +12%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 16% in Valliguières, less than in 89% 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
■ Valliguières 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 12% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 42.6, Valliguières is younger than just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 72% 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
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Valliguières has 12%. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
Median living standard: €26,960 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 €26,960 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 12% in Valliguières, more than in 65% 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
31% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 14% in Valliguières.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 1.9%, a lower share than 81% 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.
The share of immigrants is 4.5%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 69% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
28% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 72% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 14% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 39% in Valliguières. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Valliguières 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valliguières | 42.6 | 16% | 11% | 4.5% |
| Rochefort-du-Gard 8,117 · 6.3 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres 2,996 · 6.7 mi | 41 | 18% | 2% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 7.7 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise 6,835 · 8 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 8.4 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
| Meynes 2,597 · 8.9 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 Valliguières
What is the population of Valliguières?
653 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (549).
How old are Valliguières’ residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valliguières?
39, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valliguières?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valliguières?
€26,960 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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