Photo: Symac / Sylvain Machefert · CC BY-SA 3.0More single-parent households than 97% of compared French towns: 15%
With flats at 21%, Créon is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. The 2023 Census counted 4,950 residents in 2,330 households. Here, 5.1% of homes stand empty. This Gironde town has fewer second homes than 77% of compared French towns, at 1.1%.
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.
A growing town: +14% since 2012, faster than 80% 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%.
Créon is older than 56% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Créon 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that 23% of residents are 65 or over in Créon. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 70% of compared French towns: 21%
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
38% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
Above 54% of compared French towns: 13% 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
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Households without a car account for 11%. Typically, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €25,020 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.
Living standards centre on €25,020 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 13.0% of residents.
More households headed by a retired person than 53% of compared French towns: 33%
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
For Créon, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 14%. Nearly a tenth of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 33% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Créon sits below 71% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.3%)
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.6%), Créon is below 71% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 40% of residents 15 and over are married
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 census found that 25% of residents 15 and over are single in Créon. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 64% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 4,894 to 5,008 people, the 17th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Mourmelon-le-Grand (30.8), the youngest, and Le Fenouiller (57), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Créon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Créon | 44.9 | 23% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Sadirac 4,769 · 2.6 mi | 39.3 | 15% | 1.8% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux 3,450 · 4.2 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.7% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Quentin-de-Baron 2,713 · 4.5 mi | 35.3 | 9.5% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Sallebœuf 2,767 · 5.3 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
| Fargues-Saint-Hilaire 3,543 · 5.7 mi | 42 | 21% | 2.1% | 5% |
| Camblanes-et-Meynac 3,181 · 6.2 mi | 44.8 | 20% | 2.3% | 4.8% |
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 Créon
What is the population of Créon?
4,950 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (4,333).
How old are Créon’s residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Créon?
27, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Créon?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Créon?
€25,020 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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