Photo: Olivier Cleynen · CC BY 4.013% of homes stand empty, more than in 91% of compared French towns
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 61% in Draguignan. This Var town is home to 40,826 residents in 18,610 households, by the 2023 Census. Households without a car account for 15%. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 12%, more than in 78% 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 Draguignan
Empty homes
The census found 2,870 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.
Growth of +9% since 2012 puts Draguignan ahead of 66% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Var town +10%.
Half of Draguignan is under 42.9, younger than 59% 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
■ Draguignan 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. 23% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are couples with children, below 66% 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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. 39% of households are one person living alone, more than in 66% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
13% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 55% 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
Without a car: one household in seven, against 11% in the median compared French town. About one in 37: that is how common second homes are in Draguignan (2.7%). Measured more widely, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €23,900 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.
At €23,900 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 73% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 21.5% of residents.
11% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 67% 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 one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, a lower share than in 57% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households headed by a retired person: 32% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 8.7%, a higher share than 77% 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 10%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
Single residents make up 27% in Draguignan, more than in 63% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 41% of residents 15 and over are married in Draguignan. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 57% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Graduates of higher education are rarer here than in 50% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 9th oldest of 41 French towns of 38,168 to 43,597 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 32.4 in Stains to 49.9 in La Ciotat.
No nearby town is as young as Draguignan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draguignan | 42.9 | 23% | 2.7% | 10% |
| Trans-en-Provence 6,905 · 2.4 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 3.1% | 6.1% |
| Figanières 2,762 · 3 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 17% | 4.4% |
| Flayosc 4,673 · 4 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 17% | 7.5% |
| La Motte 3,071 · 4.8 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 21% | 6.4% |
| Les Arcs 8,109 · 5.1 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 13% | 8.1% |
| Lorgues 9,849 · 6.2 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 Draguignan
What is the population of Draguignan?
40,826 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (37,476).
How old are Draguignan’s residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Draguignan?
600, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Draguignan?
INSEE counts 4,240 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 3,560 foreign nationals (8.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Draguignan?
€23,900 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.5% 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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