Gigean: 34% of households are couples with children, above 90% of compared French towns
Half of Gigean’s residents are under 40.6, younger than in 75% of compared French towns. Census figures put households in social housing at 8.3% locally. The town had 6,639 residents in 2,710 households at the 2023 Census. The figure for households without a car is 7.4% in Gigean and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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 Gigean
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +11% since 2012 puts Gigean ahead of 74% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +13% in Hérault. Here the change came as +8% to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
In Gigean, 16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 85% 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
■ Gigean 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in nine. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 29% of households are one person living alone
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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.4 people on average. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 11%, more than in 70% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone.
Only 27% of homes are flats in Gigean
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 9.6% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 12% (under two years). Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 7.8%, more than in 62% of compared French towns. At 1.7%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,740 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,740 a year: lower than in 52% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 16.0%.
25% of households are headed by a retired person, below 84% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 13%. 9.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 7.1% of Gigean’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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. In Gigean, 3.7% 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.
In Gigean, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 74% 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
Married residents: 45%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 57% 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
In Gigean, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 36.3 in Chasse-sur-Rhône to 59.8 in Châtelaillon-Plage.
Gigean sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigean | 40.6 | 16% | 1.7% | 7.1% |
| Montbazin 2,877 · 1.4 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 2.6% | 3.4% |
| Poussan 6,797 · 2.2 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 2.7% | 4% |
| Balaruc-le-Vieux 2,737 · 2.8 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 11% | 4.5% |
| Cournonsec 3,616 · 3.2 mi | 40.5 | 16% | 1.6% | 5% |
| Balaruc-les-Bains 7,139 · 3.8 mi | 52 | 32% | 54% | 4.4% |
| Vic-la-Gardiole 3,428 · 4 mi | 45.7 | 21% | 27% | 5.8% |
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 Gigean
What is the population of Gigean?
6,639 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (5,957).
How old are Gigean’s residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gigean?
50, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gigean?
INSEE counts 470 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 240 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gigean?
€25,740 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% 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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