Photo: Remi Jouan · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 57.9: Carqueiranne is older than 97% of compared French towns
5.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 9,408 residents and 4,930 households in Carqueiranne. Locally, 5.2% of households are headed by a manual worker. On couples with children, Carqueiranne sits lower than 89% of compared French towns: 16%.
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 Carqueiranne
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 1,900 second homes and occasional dwellings in Carqueiranne, 27% of its 7,140 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 43% 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 Carqueiranne’s residents are under 57.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Carqueiranne had 9,899 residents at the 2012 census and 9,408 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 27%
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
With households without a car at 7.4%, Carqueiranne is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, 4.4% of homes stand empty. The town has more flats than 72% of compared French towns, at 48%.
Since 2012, Carqueiranne has changed by −5%, slower than 88% 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
Residents aged 65 and over make up 39% in Carqueiranne, more than in 97% 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
■ Carqueiranne 57.9. The median compared French town: 44.
7.3% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
One-person households: 40%, a higher share than 70% 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
The share of single-parent households tops 64% of compared French towns: 11%. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.9 people.
Median standard of living: €30,680 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 Carqueiranne’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,680 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 87% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 10.0% of residents.
Carqueiranne sits above 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (45%)
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 manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. As a reference point, nearly a third 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).
Fewer foreign nationals than 67% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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 62% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 20 here (5.1%). For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 85% 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: 47%, above 79% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
41% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 82% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
14% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 9,267 to 9,548 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.
Ages run from 35.7 in Vert-Saint-Denis to 57.9 in Carqueiranne.
Every neighbor is younger than Carqueiranne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carqueiranne | 57.9 | 39% | 27% | 5.1% |
| Le Pradet 10,933 · 2.7 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 22% | 4.8% |
| Hyères 55,858 · 3.1 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 25% | 7.5% |
| La Crau 19,556 · 3.4 mi | 47 | 23% | 3.6% | 3.5% |
| La Garde 26,476 · 3.9 mi | 45.5 | 26% | 2.7% | 8% |
| La Farlède 10,014 · 5.2 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 1.8% | 5.1% |
| La Valette-du-Var 23,719 · 5.3 mi | 45.3 | 26% | 1.2% | 5.6% |
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 Carqueiranne
What is the population of Carqueiranne?
9,408 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (9,899).
How old are Carqueiranne’s residents?
The median age is 57.9, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carqueiranne?
1,900, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carqueiranne?
INSEE counts 480 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 270 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carqueiranne?
€30,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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