Carcès is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.8
3.1% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. At the 2023 Census, 3,540 people lived in Carcès, in 1,710 households. Households headed by a retired person come to 41% locally, about four in ten. Single-parent households are more common here than in nearly four fifths 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 Carcès
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 430 second homes and occasional dwellings in Carcès, 18% of its 2,470 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 79% 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 Carcès’ residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 320 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 18% of its homes
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
Here 26% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. 13% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 91% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Carcès, nearly one in ten households have no car.
Carcès changed by +5% from 2012 to 2023, behind 51% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.6%, a lower share than 95% 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
■ Carcès 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Carcès has 33%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of couples with children than 80% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
The average household has 2 people. On one-person households, Carcès sits higher than 52% of compared French towns: 36%. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
A median of €24,660 a year per consumption unit
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 €24,660 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 64% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 18.0% of residents.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 9.7% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Here just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 5.6% in Carcès, more than in 61% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 59% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Var has 6.5%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. Across Carcès, 7.7% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, below 81% 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 make up 46%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 61% of compared French towns: 27%
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, a lower share than in 57% of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 3,523 to 3,556 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 Rubelles (34.9), the oldest Deauville (63.3).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Carcès are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carcès | 53.8 | 33% | 18% | 7.7% |
| Le Val 4,335 · 6 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 8.7% | 6.1% |
| Salernes 4,019 · 6.5 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 14% | 8.8% |
| Le Thoronet 2,631 · 6.6 mi | 49.7 | 26% | 19% | 7.1% |
| Flassans-sur-Issole 3,706 · 7.4 mi | 45 | 23% | 9.6% | 5.4% |
| Brignoles 17,850 · 7.5 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 3% | 12% |
| Le Luc 11,310 · 8.8 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 4.9% | 10% |
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 Carcès
What is the population of Carcès?
3,540 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (3,386).
How old are Carcès’ residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carcès?
430, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carcès?
INSEE counts 270 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 200 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carcès?
€24,660 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% 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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