More second homes than 99% of compared French towns: 69%
Households without a car: 5.9%, below just over four fifths of compared French towns. 4,587 residents in 2,240 households: that is Grimaud at the 2023 Census. Across Grimaud, 3.6% of homes stand empty. The town has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of compared French towns, at 8%.
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 Grimaud
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 5,610 second homes and occasional dwellings in Grimaud, 69% of its 8,140 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 64% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Grimaud’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 8.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Grimaud
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
One household in 17 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). The usual figure: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. For Grimaud, the census puts flats at 34%.
A growing town: +14% since 2012, faster than 79% 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 +12% and the next six +1%.
Grimaud is older than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Grimaud 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (27%), Grimaud is above 77% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 7.1%, a lower share than 89% 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
38% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The census found that 22% of households are couples with children in Grimaud.
Standard of living at the median: €28,080 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.
Half of Grimaud’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,080 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 71% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 16.0%.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 75% of compared French towns, at 10%
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: 35%, above 62% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Grimaud.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Grimaud, 13% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 89% 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.
The median compared commune in Var has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 83% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 14% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Grimaud ranks below 79% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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, Grimaud has 46%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 61% of compared French towns, at 33%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
Ages run from 38.5 in Biache-Saint-Vaast to 63 in Leucate.
Older than Grimaud: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimaud | 51.1 | 27% | 69% | 14% |
| Cogolin 12,301 · 2 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 22% | 15% |
| Gassin 2,687 · 3 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 64% | 13% |
| Le Plan-de-la-Tour 3,125 · 4.4 mi | 49.1 | 23% | 34% | 11% |
| Saint-Tropez 3,582 · 4.8 mi | 55.7 | 36% | 68% | 11% |
| Sainte-Maxime 14,118 · 5 mi | 54.8 | 35% | 56% | 16% |
| La Croix-Valmer 3,855 · 5 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 71% | 14% |
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 Grimaud
What is the population of Grimaud?
4,587 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (4,041).
How old are Grimaud’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Grimaud?
5,610, with occasional dwellings: 69% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Grimaud?
INSEE counts 640 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 590 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Grimaud?
€28,080 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% 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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