25% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% of compared French towns
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (7.9%), Hyères is below 87% of compared French towns. Still, on flats, Hyères sits higher than 90% of compared French towns: 71%. At the 2023 Census, 55,858 people lived locally, in 28,310 households. Here, 17% of households are couples with children.
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 Hyères
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 10,280 second homes and occasional dwellings in Hyères, 25% of its 41,020 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 22% 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 Hyères’ residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
47% of Hyères’ households are one person: higher than in 88% of compared French towns; 38% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
16% of households have no car, more than in 71% 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
Empty homes make up 5.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. 12% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in eight.
+1% since 2012: slower than 67% 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 population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 ±0%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Var town +10%.
A median age of 50.9: Hyères is older than 86% 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
■ Hyères 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Hyères, 31%. About one in ten: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Hyères (9.6%).
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Hyères ranks above 88% of compared French towns on one-person households: 47%
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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. Hyères has more single-parent households than 52% of compared French towns, at 10%. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone.
A typical living standard of €25,730 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 €25,730 a year: lower than in 52% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 17.5% of residents.
Households headed by a retired person: 40%, a higher share than 83% 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
Put another way, about one in 11: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Hyères ranks above 57% of compared French towns on immigrants: 7.5%
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.
Few places have as many foreign nationals: 5.2% here, more than in 58% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
Fewer married residents than 76% of compared French towns: 39%
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
Here 28% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Hyères: 35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 67% 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
Here 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 50,979 to 60,505 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.
Vaulx-en-Velin is the youngest (32.5); Hyères the oldest (50.9).
Around Hyères, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyères | 50.9 | 31% | 25% | 7.5% |
| Carqueiranne 9,408 · 3.1 mi | 57.9 | 39% | 27% | 5.1% |
| La Crau 19,556 · 3.6 mi | 47 | 23% | 3.6% | 3.5% |
| Le Pradet 10,933 · 5.6 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 22% | 4.8% |
| La Londe-les-Maures 10,584 · 5.7 mi | 59.6 | 40% | 51% | 7.7% |
| La Farlède 10,014 · 5.9 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 1.8% | 5.1% |
| La Garde 26,476 · 6.4 mi | 45.5 | 26% | 2.7% | 8% |
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 Hyères
What is the population of Hyères?
55,858 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (55,402).
How old are Hyères’ residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hyères?
10,280, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hyères?
INSEE counts 4,210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 2,910 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hyères?
€25,730 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.5% 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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