2.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 97% of compared French towns
Half of Cavignac’s residents are under 40.1, younger than in 79% of compared French towns. This Gironde town had 2,372 residents in 1,060 households at the 2023 census. The census found that one in ten homes stand empty in the town. Here 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%.
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 Cavignac
Growing fast
Cavignac had 1,763 residents at the 2012 census and 2,372 in 2023, up 35%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Cavignac has grown +35%, faster than 98% 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 +17%; the six to 2023, +15%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 71% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cavignac 40.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 29% in Cavignac, more than in 72% 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
The typical household size is 2.2 people. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.8% of households are single parents. More one-person households than in 51% of compared French towns: 35%.
Cavignac sits below 87% of compared French towns for second homes (0.8%)
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
By its share of households without a car (8.6%), Cavignac is below 62% of compared French towns. On flats, Cavignac sits lower than 56% of compared French towns: 27%. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. One in ten households have been in place 30 years or more; 14% moved in within the last two years.
At the median, €23,770 a year to live on
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 Cavignac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,770 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 13.0% of residents.
Cavignac ranks below 59% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 31%
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
Cavignac has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 57% of compared French towns, at 8.4%. As a reference point, 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).
7.1% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 70% 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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Cavignac comes in at 8.9%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in nearly two thirds 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.
Married residents: 40%, a lower share than 71% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 40% and 6.5%, and 6.6% are widowed.
Cavignac sits below 79% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (22%)
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
Adults with no qualification: 20% of the total. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,372 to 2,582 people: this is the 3rd 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.
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Cavignac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavignac | 40.1 | 19% | 0.8% | 8.9% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 2.2 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Cézac 2,727 · 2.3 mi | 39.8 | 15% | 1.1% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 3 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Savin 3,582 · 4.1 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
| Val de Virvée 3,793 · 5.6 mi | 41.3 | 17% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Saint-André-de-Cubzac 12,626 · 7.7 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.1% | 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 Cavignac
What is the population of Cavignac?
2,372 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% more than in 2012 (1,763).
How old are Cavignac’s residents?
The median age is 40.1, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cavignac?
10, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cavignac?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.9% of residents, and 170 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cavignac?
€23,770 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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