Half of Garéoult is over 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Garéoult has 43%. Second homes account for 7.5%. This Var town has fewer one-person households than 88% of compared French towns, at 27%. At the 2023 Census Garéoult was home to 5,835 people in 2,590 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 Garéoult
An older town
Half of Garéoult’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +6% since 2012, faster than 57% 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 Var town changed +10% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −3% and the next six +9%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.4% in Garéoult, less than in 96% 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
■ Garéoult 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (32%), Garéoult is above 89% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 7% of households are single parents
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Garéoult has fewer couples with children than 57% of compared French towns, at 24%. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
A lower share of households in social housing than 88% of compared French towns, at 4.5%
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
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Garéoult, 6.1%. Locally, 13% of homes are flats. Few places have so few empty homes: 6.2% here, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,180 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 €28,180 a year: higher than in 72% of compared French towns. 10.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 87% of compared French towns: 8%
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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 11% in Garéoult and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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).
Fewer immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Garéoult has 2.1%. The usual figure: 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.
A higher share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 53%
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
Single residents: 19% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 74% 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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 5,798 to 5,873
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Viry is the youngest (35.9); Montmorillon the oldest (57.4).
Garéoult is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garéoult | 53.2 | 32% | 7.5% | 3.5% |
| Forcalqueiret 3,389 · 2 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 8.9% | 3.1% |
| Néoules 2,976 · 2.6 mi | 45.5 | 20% | 7.5% | 3.2% |
| Rocbaron 5,660 · 2.6 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 5.8% | 3% |
| La Roquebrussanne 2,817 · 3.2 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 7.7% | 2.9% |
| Brignoles 17,850 · 5 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 3% | 12% |
| Puget-Ville 4,610 · 5.5 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 5.7% | 3.9% |
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 Garéoult
What is the population of Garéoult?
5,835 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (5,486).
How old are Garéoult’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Garéoult?
220, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Garéoult?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Garéoult?
€28,180 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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