Cogolin sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (22%)
The share of flats is 64%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 12,301 people lived in Cogolin, in 5,880 households. On the census count, 6.1% of households rent social housing (HLM). The town has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than just over four fifths of compared French towns, at 5.4%.
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 Cogolin
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 1,810 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cogolin, 22% of its 8,400 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 30% 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.
Cogolin ranks above 68% of compared French towns on empty homes: 8.4%
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 without a car make up 9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 13% have stayed three decades or more. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Cogolin’s population changed by +10% since 2012, more than in 69% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Var town +10%.
20% of residents are 65 or over, below 65% 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
■ Cogolin 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.8%), Cogolin is below just over two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age here is 44.1, higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 70% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
In Cogolin, 23% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few single-parent households: 8.6% here, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Households here average 2.1 people each.
Half above, half below €24,340 a year in 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.
Half of Cogolin’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,340 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 68% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 19.0%.
In Cogolin, 30% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 64% 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
Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 14% here, more than in 53% of compared French towns. For comparison, 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).
More immigrants than 85% of compared French towns: 15%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Cogolin has 13%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Married residents: 39%, a lower share than 74% 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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Cogolin has 27%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Cogolin, less than in 72% 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
21% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 12,035 to 12,576 people, the 15th oldest
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 Villetaneuse (33.2), the youngest, and Saint-Cyprien (61.1), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Cogolin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogolin | 44.1 | 20% | 22% | 15% |
| Grimaud 4,587 · 2 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 69% | 14% |
| Gassin 2,687 · 2.9 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 64% | 13% |
| La Croix-Valmer 3,855 · 3.6 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 71% | 14% |
| Cavalaire-sur-Mer 8,121 · 5.2 mi | 57.1 | 38% | 66% | 11% |
| Saint-Tropez 3,582 · 5.6 mi | 55.7 | 36% | 68% | 11% |
| Le Plan-de-la-Tour 3,125 · 6.2 mi | 49.1 | 23% | 34% | 11% |
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 Cogolin
What is the population of Cogolin?
12,301 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (11,186).
How old are Cogolin’s residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 50% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cogolin?
1,810, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cogolin?
INSEE counts 1,830 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 1,630 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cogolin?
€24,340 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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