Only 2.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Pauillac
With households without a car at 19%, Pauillac is ahead of 80% of compared French towns on that count. The 2023 Census counted 5,190 residents in 2,280 households. Locally, just over one in ten households are single parents. Half are older than 44, younger than half of compared French towns.
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 Pauillac
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,200 immigrants in Pauillac (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 23% of residents, against 5.1% for the median compared commune in Gironde. 22% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 350 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +3% since 2012, behind 56% 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, −4% to 2017 and +7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +16% in Gironde.
Below 55% of compared French towns: 10% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pauillac 44. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Pauillac (22%). With a median age of 44, Pauillac is younger than 50% 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
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
23% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 60% 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 2.3 people. For Pauillac, the census puts one-person households at 36%. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children.
13% of homes stand empty, more than in 91% 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
Some just over one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 20% who have been there 30 years or more. More second homes than in 62% of compared French towns: 3%. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 26%.
€21,080 a year is the median standard of living here
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 residents live in households above €21,080 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 93% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 25.0% of residents.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 34% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 Pauillac, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 33%. On average, 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).
A larger share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns: 23%
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.
The median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 95% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Pauillac: 46% of residents 15 and over are married, above 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
Single residents: 25% of the total. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
In Pauillac, nearly two in five adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 5,135 to 5,246 people: this is the 17th 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.
The youngest is Brou-sur-Chantereine (34.1), the oldest Scaër (51).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Pauillac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pauillac | 44 | 22% | 3% | 23% |
| Saint-Laurent-Médoc 4,914 · 5.1 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 3% | 5.1% |
| Blaye 5,066 · 6.9 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 5.5% |
| Listrac-Médoc 2,807 · 8.6 mi | 40.6 | 15% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde 3,175 · 9.3 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Lesparre-Médoc 5,872 · 11.1 mi | 50 | 29% | 3.6% | 7.8% |
| Avensan 3,140 · 11.5 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 0.9% | 3.5% |
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 Pauillac
What is the population of Pauillac?
5,190 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (5,024).
How old are Pauillac’s residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pauillac?
82, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pauillac?
INSEE counts 1,190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 23% of residents, and 1,120 foreign nationals (22%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pauillac?
€21,080 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.0% 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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