Fewer households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns: 17%
Households in social housing: 3.2%, below 93% of compared French towns. Cambes has fewer one-person households than 96% of compared French towns, at 24%. 1,897 residents in 710 households: that is Cambes at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 7.6% of homes are flats.
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 Cambes
Growing fast
Cambes had 1,345 residents at the 2012 census and 1,897 in 2023, up 41%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 9.9% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +41% change since 2012: Cambes grew faster than 99% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%. The first five years brought +21%; the six to 2023, +17%.
Cambes sits below 91% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.2%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cambes 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age in Cambes is 42.7, lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Cambes sits above 93% of compared French towns for couples with children (35%)
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
Households average 2.4 people. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 9.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
5.6% of households have no car, below 83% 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
Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 19%.
A typical living standard of €28,600 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.
The median standard of living in Cambes is €28,600 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 71% of compared French towns: 13%
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, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Cambes has 13%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4.8% of residents are immigrants in Cambes
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.
In Cambes, 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Cambes ranks below 72% of compared French towns on married residents: 40%
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 just over two thirds of compared French towns: 23%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Cambes sits above 86% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (44%)
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 13%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,897 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Cambes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambes | 42.7 | 18% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Camblanes-et-Meynac 3,181 · 1.8 mi | 44.8 | 20% | 2.3% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux 3,450 · 1.8 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.7% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans 3,409 · 3.2 mi | 40.6 | 15% | 0.5% | 5.7% |
| Cadaujac 6,909 · 3.6 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 1.3% | 6.9% |
| Castres-Gironde 2,695 · 3.6 mi | 37 | 13% | 0.8% | 5.2% |
| Latresne 3,714 · 3.8 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 1.8% | 4.9% |
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 Cambes
What is the population of Cambes?
1,897 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 41% more than in 2012 (1,345).
How old are Cambes’ residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cambes?
15, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cambes?
INSEE counts 92 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 62 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cambes?
€28,600 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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