Second homes: 23%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 26% of residents are 65 or over here. 2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Households without a car are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 6,157 people lived in Fayence, in 2,800 households.
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 Fayence
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 940 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fayence, 23% of its 4,090 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 95% 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.
A smaller share of flats than 68% of compared French towns: 20%
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
By its share of empty homes (8.6%), Fayence is above 70% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%.
Since 2012, Fayence has grown +13%, faster than 77% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +6%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Var town +10%.
Fayence sits below 91% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.2%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fayence 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Fayence is 48.9, higher than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
33% of households are one person living alone, below 63% 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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Lower than in 70% of compared French towns: 8.8% of households are single parents. Nothing unusual on couples with children: 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €26,120 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,120 a year: higher than in 52% of compared French towns. Some 17.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 70% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Fayence comes in at 35%. On households headed by a manager or professional, Fayence sits higher than 51% of compared French towns: 9.6%. Measured more widely, 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).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 71% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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 a share higher than in just over two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Var has 6.5%. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 9.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fayence ranks below 87% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Fayence has 48%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 66% 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
About one in three: that is how common graduates of higher education are in Fayence (31%). Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Ostricourt (35.8), the oldest Le Barcarès (63.7).
Fayence and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayence | 48.9 | 26% | 23% | 9.4% |
| Tourrettes 2,972 · 1.4 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 34% | 8.3% |
| Seillans 2,941 · 2.3 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 28% | 12% |
| Callian 3,823 · 3.2 mi | 47 | 23% | 21% | 8.9% |
| Montauroux 7,183 · 4.5 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 18% | 8.5% |
| Bagnols-en-Forêt 3,194 · 5 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 24% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne 4,056 · 6.3 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 17% | 6.2% |
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 Fayence
What is the population of Fayence?
6,157 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (5,460).
How old are Fayence’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fayence?
940, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fayence?
INSEE counts 580 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.4% of residents, and 450 foreign nationals (7.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fayence?
€26,120 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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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