In Bargème, 40% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Bargème has 1.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Its 100 households held 207 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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 Bargème
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 71 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bargème, 40% of its 180 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Bargème’s residents are under 53.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
1% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% 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
Nearly one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 21% have stayed 30 years or more. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 12% of homes are flats. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Bargème’s population changed by +15% since 2012, more than in 82% 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 Var town changed +10% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +21% and the next six −5%.
Half of Bargème is over 53.3, older than 91% 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
■ Bargème 53.3. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (28%), Bargème is above four fifths of compared French towns. About one in 13: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Bargème (7.7%).
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Bargème, 24%. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The census found that 43% of households are one person living alone locally.
Standard of living at the median: €21,400 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.
Half of Bargème’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,400 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
Bargème sits above 78% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (38%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 19%, above 80% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.9% in Bargème, less than in 92% of compared French towns
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 Var has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns. Across Bargème, 1.4% 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.
More single residents than 89% of compared French towns: 33%
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Bargème, 41%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 86% 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops just over three fifths of compared French towns: 33%. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 207 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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).
Bargème 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bargème | 53.3 | 28% | 40% | 1.9% |
| Seillans 2,941 · 7.9 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 28% | 12% |
| Fayence 6,157 · 9.6 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 23% | 9.4% |
| Tourrettes 2,972 · 10.4 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 34% | 8.3% |
| Callian 3,823 · 11.5 mi | 47 | 23% | 21% | 8.9% |
| Figanières 2,762 · 11.8 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 17% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne 4,056 · 12.1 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 17% | 6.2% |
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 Bargème
What is the population of Bargème?
207 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (180).
How old are Bargème’s residents?
The median age is 53.3, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bargème?
71, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bargème?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bargème?
€21,400 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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