Fewer households in social housing than 97% of compared French towns: 1.9%
Half of Targon’s residents are over 47.8, older than in 73% of compared French towns. Here, 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional. In 2023, the Census found 2,079 residents in the town, living in 940 households. Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 15% of homes are flats here.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, Targon outgrew 70% of compared French towns: +10%
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gironde town +16%.
In Targon, 25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 69% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Targon 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Targon has 9.2%. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
8.2% of households are single parents, below 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.
Against the Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. Fewer one-person households than in 53% of compared French towns: 35%. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. Couples with children make up 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households without a car than 62% of compared French towns: 8.6%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 20% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9% (under two years). Fewer second homes than in 53% of compared French towns: 1.9%. Typically, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 6.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€25,800 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.
The median standard of living in Targon is €25,800 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 9.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 19% in Targon, more than in 78% of compared French towns
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person in Targon. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.7% of Targon’s residents
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 52% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 15: 6.7% of residents are immigrants. Targon sits close to the norm on foreign nationals: 4.5%, about the same as 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.
Targon sits below 86% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Targon. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 21%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Targon has 22%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,079 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Targon is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targon | 47.8 | 25% | 1.9% | 6.7% |
| Créon 4,950 · 4.8 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Quentin-de-Baron 2,713 · 6.1 mi | 35.3 | 9.5% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Cadillac-sur-Garonne 2,670 · 7.1 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 2.6% | 7.3% |
| Sadirac 4,769 · 7.4 mi | 39.3 | 15% | 1.8% | 4.2% |
| Podensac 3,269 · 7.4 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux 3,450 · 8.1 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 Targon
What is the population of Targon?
2,079 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,885).
How old are Targon’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 73% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Targon?
20, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Targon?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 95 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Targon?
€25,800 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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