In Vissec, 49% of homes are second homes, more than in 97% of compared French towns
The share of households without a car trails 99% of compared French towns: 2.6%. The 2023 Census counted 68 residents in 37 households. Locally, 14% of households are couples with children. Few places have so few flats: 5.4% here, fewer than in 95% 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 Vissec
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 35 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vissec, 49% of its 73 homes: higher than in 97% 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 ↓
Many people living alone
57% of Vissec’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Growing fast
Vissec had 54 residents at the 2012 census and 68 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Vissec’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 1.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in two in Vissec is a second home
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. Some 16% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 16% who have been there 30 years or more.
Vissec’s population changed by +26% since 2012, more than in 95% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Gard town, the change came in two steps: +11% from 2012 to 2017, then +13% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vissec 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Vissec is 51.8, higher than in 88% of compared French towns. For Vissec, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 29%. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
One-person households: 57%, a higher share than 99% 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
The average household has 1.8 people. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
Households headed by a retired person make up 14% in Vissec, less than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Vissec, 14%. Measured more widely, 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).
More immigrants than 77% of compared French towns: 12%
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.
8.7% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. As a yardstick, 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.
Fewer married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 33%
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
In Vissec, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Vissec has 43%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Vissec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vissec | 51.8 | 29% | 49% | 12% |
| Le Vigan 3,863 · 9.9 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 11% | 12% |
| Ganges 3,724 · 13 mi | 52.8 | 35% | 3.5% | 9.8% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 13.3 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 2,696 · 15.6 mi | 45 | 21% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Aniane 2,979 · 16.2 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 17.5 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
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 Vissec
What is the population of Vissec?
68 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (54).
How old are Vissec’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vissec?
35, with occasional dwellings: 49% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vissec?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (8.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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