Second homes: 25%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Châteaudouble, 15%. 27% of households are single parents, more than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Châteaudouble was home to 476 people in 200 households. The share of flats stands at 14%.
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 Châteaudouble
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 79 second homes and occasional dwellings in Châteaudouble, 25% of its 320 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 94% 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.
Châteaudouble sits above 84% of compared French towns for empty homes (11%)
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. 8.5% of households have no car, or about one in 12.
+5% since 2012, a pace 52% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +5% and the next six +1%.
Châteaudouble is older than 53% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Châteaudouble 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 65 and over, Châteaudouble sits lower than 52% of compared French towns: 22%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 68% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. 37% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 58% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €23,520 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.
Living standards centre on €23,520 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 90% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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 retired person: 25%, below 84% of compared French towns. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. About one in ten: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Châteaudouble (9.8%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 84% of compared French towns: 11%
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are immigrants in Châteaudouble. Across the comparison, 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 95% 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
The share of single residents is 37%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Châteaudouble, less than in 88% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Châteaudouble, 33%. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 476 to 2,582 people, the 17th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Châteaudouble
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteaudouble | 44.6 | 22% | 25% | 12% |
| Figanières 2,762 · 3.6 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 17% | 4.4% |
| Draguignan 40,826 · 4.3 mi | 42.9 | 23% | 2.7% | 10% |
| Flayosc 4,673 · 5.2 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 17% | 7.5% |
| Trans-en-Provence 6,905 · 6.7 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 3.1% | 6.1% |
| La Motte 3,071 · 8.4 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 21% | 6.4% |
| Lorgues 9,849 · 8.6 mi | 52.9 | 32% | 19% | 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 Châteaudouble
What is the population of Châteaudouble?
476 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (452).
How old are Châteaudouble’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 53% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Châteaudouble?
79, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Châteaudouble?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 51 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Châteaudouble?
€23,520 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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