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46.2median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

In Canéjan, 3.1% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns

By its share of couples with children (20%), Canéjan is below 73% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 5,756 residents here, living in 2,880 households. Households headed by a manager or professional: 15% of the total. 0.7% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns.

+11%residents since 2012 23%aged 65 or older 5.8%immigrants 2,880households

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.

Population

A growing town: +11% since 2012, faster than 72% 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.

Census 2012

5,187

residents

Census 2017

5,539

residents

Census 2023

5,756

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Canéjan+11%

Gironde median+16%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Canéjan+4%

Gironde median+7%

France median+2%

Over those years, the median Gironde town changed +16% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then +4% to 2023.

Ages

Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 13% in Canéjan, more than in 84% of compared French towns

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

CanéjanGironde medianFrance median

Under 1514%

15 to 2413%

25 to 4422%

45 to 6428%

65 and over23%

of whom 80 and over6.3%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Canéjan 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.

With a median age of 46.2, Canéjan is older than nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Canéjan

Gironde median

France median

WomenMen

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Households

One-person households: 42%, a higher share than 78% 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.

One person 42%Couple, no children 26%Couple with children 20%Single parent 11%Several people, not a family 0.9%

Against the Gironde median and the France median

Canéjan

Gironde median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

CanéjanGironde medianFrance median

One-person households42%

Residents 65+ living alone32%

0%25%50%

Households average 2 people. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are more common here than in 62% of compared French towns.

Homes & cars

Above 66% of compared French towns: 16% of households rent social housing (HLM)

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

CanéjanGironde medianFrance median

Main residences96%

Second homes0.7%

Empty3.1%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Canéjan

Gironde median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

CanéjanGironde medianFrance median

No car12%

One car45%

Two or more43%

0%30%60%

Turnover: 14% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%. Without a car: one household in eight, against 11% in the median compared French town.

Income

Half of residents have a standard of living above €29,510 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.

Median standard of living

€29,510

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Gironde €27,420 · France €25,970

Poverty rate

9.0%

of residents below 60% of France’s median standard of living

Medians: Gironde 10.2% · France 13.0%

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,510 a year: higher than in 82% of compared French towns. 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.

Households by occupation

Only 11% of households are headed by a manual worker in Canéjan

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

CanéjanGironde medianFrance median

Retired33%

Managers and professionals15%

Intermediate occupations15%

Clerical and service workers16%

Manual workers11%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners4.1%

Farmers0%

Others not working5.7%

0%20%40%

Unemployment rate

7.6%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

2,540

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 33%. Across the comparison, 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).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

Canéjan: 5.8% of residents are immigrants

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

330

5.8% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

220

3.8% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

CanéjanGironde medianFrance median

Immigrants5.8%

Foreign nationals3.8%

0%5%10%

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.

Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.8%). That is lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%. Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 3.8%.

INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.

Couples

Canéjan ranks above 72% of compared French towns on single residents: 28%

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

CanéjanGironde medianFrance median

Married41%

In a civil partnership (PACS)6.9%

Living together, unmarried9.1%

Single28%

Divorced7.5%

Widowed6.9%

0%25%50%

Married: 41%; in a PACS: 6.9%; against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town, with 6.9% widowed. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.

Qualifications

Canéjan ranks above 86% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 43%

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

CanéjanGironde medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)12%

Brevet4.2%

CAP or BEP (vocational)23%

Baccalauréat17%

Bac+215%

Bac+3 or bac+412%

Bac+5 or more16%

0%15%30%

Just over one in ten adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

Of 41 French towns its size (5,709 to 5,804 people), the 19th 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.

Canéjan 46.2

Erdre-en-AnjouSaint-Hilaire-du-HarcouëtEnsuès-la-Redonne

364758

Ages run from 37.6 in Erdre-en-Anjou to 56.7 in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët.

Neighbors

2 of 6 neighbors are older than Canéjan

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

GradignanCestasPessacLéognanVillenave-d'OrnonTalenceCanéjan

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Canéjan	46.2	23%	0.7%	5.8%
Gradignan 26,952 · 2 mi	41.1	22%	2.4%	9.1%
Cestas 16,666 · 2 mi	51.4	30%	0.9%	3.8%
Pessac 67,339 · 2.7 mi	37	18%	2.7%	11%
Léognan 10,670 · 2.9 mi	48	25%	1.3%	3.7%
Villenave-d'Ornon 42,545 · 4.1 mi	37.8	17%	1.3%	12%
Talence 46,338 · 4.4 mi	30.5	14%	4.4%	14%

More about Canéjan

Health, work, housing and schools

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How to read these numbers

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 Canéjan

What is the population of Canéjan?

5,756 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (5,187).

How old are Canéjan’s residents?

The median age is 46.2, older than 65% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Canéjan?

22, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Canéjan?

INSEE counts 330 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 220 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Canéjan?

€29,510 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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