A smaller share of households in social housing than 87% of compared French towns: 4.8%
Half of Carnoules’s residents are under 40.9, younger than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. This Var town had 4,388 residents in 1,840 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 16 here (6.2%). The share of households without a car is 7.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Carnoules
Growing fast
Carnoules had 3,385 residents at the 2012 census and 4,388 in 2023, up 30%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Carnoules outgrew 96% of compared French towns: +30%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +27%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Var town +10%.
Carnoules sits below 76% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (18%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Carnoules 40.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In Carnoules, 10% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%.
A higher share of couples with children than 77% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 79% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone. The figure for single-parent households is 8.7% in Carnoules and 10% in the typical compared French town.
Flats make up 19% in Carnoules, less than in 69% 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
5.5% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. The census found that 4% of homes are second homes in Carnoules. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
€25,080 a year: the median standard of living
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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,080 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 59% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 16.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 8.7% in Carnoules, less than in 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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. To put it in context, 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).
Carnoules: 5.9% of residents are immigrants
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 55% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 17: 5.9% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals: 3.7%, near enough the figure 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, below 69% 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% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Carnoules
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification here. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,358 to 4,418 people), the 5th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Labège (33), the youngest, and Le Château-d'Oléron (55), the oldest.
Carnoules is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnoules | 40.9 | 18% | 4% | 5.9% |
| Pignans 4,838 · 2.1 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 7.7% | 4.6% |
| Puget-Ville 4,610 · 2.9 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 5.7% | 3.9% |
| Besse-sur-Issole 3,125 · 3.3 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 11% | 4.4% |
| Flassans-sur-Issole 3,706 · 5.2 mi | 45 | 23% | 9.6% | 5.4% |
| Gonfaron 4,496 · 5.2 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 7.5% | 5.8% |
| Pierrefeu-du-Var 6,084 · 5.4 mi | 48 | 23% | 6.8% | 3.2% |
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 Carnoules
What is the population of Carnoules?
4,388 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% more than in 2012 (3,385).
How old are Carnoules’ residents?
The median age is 40.9, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carnoules?
81, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carnoules?
INSEE counts 260 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carnoules?
€25,080 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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