In Cardan, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Cardan has 45%. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 88% of compared French towns. The town had 510 residents in 220 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 4.3% of households have no car.
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 Cardan
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 2.4% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cardan grew +14% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 79% 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
In two steps, +11% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +16% in Gironde.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 75% of compared French towns, at 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cardan 41.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Cardan’s residents are under 41.3, younger than in 71% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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
The average household has 2.3 people. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 33%, more than in 89% of compared French towns. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The figure for one-person households is 27% in Cardan and 35% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of empty homes than 64% of compared French towns: 8%
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
Of all households, 13% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 1.7%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,630 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 Cardan is €25,630 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Only 2.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Cardan
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
Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 5.8%, a higher share than 63% 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.
In Cardan, 7.9% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Cardan, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 93% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Cardan, 48%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Cardan
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 stands at 19%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 510 to 2,582 people, the 6th 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.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Cardan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardan | 41.3 | 18% | 1.7% | 7.9% |
| Podensac 3,269 · 2.6 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 7.7% |
| Cadillac-sur-Garonne 2,670 · 3 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 2.6% | 7.3% |
| Portets 2,618 · 4.9 mi | 45 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Castres-Gironde 2,695 · 6.2 mi | 37 | 13% | 0.8% | 5.2% |
| Créon 4,950 · 6.5 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux 3,450 · 7.2 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.7% | 3.3% |
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 Cardan
What is the population of Cardan?
510 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (448).
How old are Cardan’s residents?
The median age is 41.3, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cardan?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cardan?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (5.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cardan?
€25,630 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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