A town of second homes: 28% of its homes
6.1% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The 2023 Census counted 919 residents in 450 households. The share of single-parent households stands at 6.3%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Var 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 Ampus
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ampus, 28% of its 790 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 110 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Ampus’ residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Ampus has 8.7%. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Across Ampus, 5.1% of households have no car.
Since 2012, Ampus has changed by −1%, slower than 75% 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 change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Var town +10%.
A median age of 50.9: Ampus is older than 86% 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
■ Ampus 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (25%), Ampus is above 68% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 74% of compared French towns, at 20%
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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 37% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2 people.
At the median, €25,300 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 residents live in households above €25,300 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 retired person is 36%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ampus sits above 62% of compared French towns for immigrants (8.3%)
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.
In Ampus, 4.7% of residents are foreign nationals. For comparison, 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.
Ampus sits below 69% of compared French towns for married residents (40%)
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
For Ampus, the census puts single residents at 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Ampus ranks below 76% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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
Graduates of higher education make up about one in three here (30%). Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 919 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Ampus
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampus | 50.9 | 25% | 28% | 8.3% |
| Flayosc 4,673 · 4.2 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 17% | 7.5% |
| Draguignan 40,826 · 5.9 mi | 42.9 | 23% | 2.7% | 10% |
| Figanières 2,762 · 6.5 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 17% | 4.4% |
| Lorgues 9,849 · 7.5 mi | 52.9 | 32% | 19% | 10% |
| Salernes 4,019 · 7.9 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 14% | 8.8% |
| Trans-en-Provence 6,905 · 8.3 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 3.1% | 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 Ampus
What is the population of Ampus?
919 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (931).
How old are Ampus’ residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ampus?
220, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ampus?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ampus?
€25,300 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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