Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.1%
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.4%, below 96% of compared French towns. There were 1,580 households in Callian at the 2023 Census, home to 3,823 residents. Here, 31% of households are couples with children. Flats are rarer here than in 79% 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 Callian
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 460 second homes and occasional dwellings in Callian, 21% of its 2,160 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 84% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 13%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 13%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. At 21%, the share of second homes is higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 6% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 80% of compared French towns: Callian changed by +14% since 2012
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 Var town +10%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −4%; from 2017 to 2023, +19%.
Callian is older than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 47
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Callian 47. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are one person living alone, below 90% 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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. On single-parent households, Callian sits lower than just over three quarters of compared French towns: 8.3%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
€28,230 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 Callian is €28,230 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 73% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 12.0% of residents.
Callian sits below 73% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (28%)
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Locally, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Typically, 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).
Callian ranks above 70% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 7.1%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 8.9% of residents are immigrants here. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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 Callian, 50% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Callian
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Callian comes in at 35%. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th oldest of 41 French towns of 3,793 to 3,855 people
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 Argonay (38.6), the oldest Saint-Palais-sur-Mer (68.1).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Callian
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callian | 47 | 23% | 21% | 8.9% |
| Montauroux 7,183 · 1.6 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 18% | 8.5% |
| Tourrettes 2,972 · 1.9 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 34% | 8.3% |
| Fayence 6,157 · 3.2 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 23% | 9.4% |
| Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne 4,056 · 3.4 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 17% | 6.2% |
| Le Tignet 3,212 · 4.9 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 13% | 7.8% |
| Seillans 2,941 · 5.4 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 28% | 12% |
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 Callian
What is the population of Callian?
3,823 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (3,346).
How old are Callian’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Callian?
460, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Callian?
INSEE counts 340 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.9% of residents, and 270 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Callian?
€28,230 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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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