Baron: 40% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Baron. This Gironde town had 1,218 residents in 480 households at the 2023 census. Across Baron, 3.5% of homes are flats. At 27%, the share of households headed by a retired person is lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Baron
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 3.2% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Baron grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 59% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gironde town +16%. The change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and +6% from 2017 to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 57% of compared French towns, at 10%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Baron 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Baron is 44.2, higher than in just over half of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
16% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Baron comes in at 3.2%. The average household has 2.5 people. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Baron sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (1.3%)
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
Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 10% (under two years). Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 0.2%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes stand empty in Baron.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,900 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.
Half of Baron’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,900 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Baron: 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 63% 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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Baron has 11%. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.9% of Baron’s residents 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 Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Baron (6.9%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 53%, a higher share than 97% 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
The share of single residents trails 94% of compared French towns: 19%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 72% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (35%), Baron is above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,218 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th youngest
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).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Baron are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baron | 44.2 | 17% | 1% | 6.9% |
| Saint-Quentin-de-Baron 2,713 · 1.5 mi | 35.3 | 9.5% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Créon 4,950 · 3.8 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Sallebœuf 2,767 · 4 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
| Beychac-et-Caillau 2,625 · 4.5 mi | 41 | 18% | 1.2% | 5.1% |
| Sadirac 4,769 · 4.8 mi | 39.3 | 15% | 1.8% | 4.2% |
| Vayres 4,615 · 5.3 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
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 Baron
What is the population of Baron?
1,218 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,140).
How old are Baron’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Baron?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Baron?
INSEE counts 84 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 49 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Baron?
€27,900 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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