Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of La Bastide is over 56.2
Couples with children make up 15%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. 227 residents in 120 households: that is La Bastide at the 2023 Census. Empty homes: 0.8% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 98% 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 La Bastide
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Bastide, 53% of its 260 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 85% 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 La Bastide’s residents are under 56.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
53% of homes are second homes, more than in 98% 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
6.6% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Fewer flats than in 78% of compared French towns: 14%. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 9.1% moved in during the last two years and 9.7% have stayed three decades or more.
+14% since 2012, a pace 78% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +10% for the median Var town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then +11% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.3% in La Bastide, less than in 99% 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
■ La Bastide 56.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in La Bastide, 28%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 74% of compared French towns: 41%
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. Few places have as many single-parent households: 12% here, more than in 76% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €22,940 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,940 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 4% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in La Bastide, 20%. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 61% of compared French towns, at 8.1%
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 61% of compared French towns. Locally, 5.1% of residents are foreign nationals.
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 26% in La Bastide, more than in 57% 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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in La Bastide. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In La Bastide, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 71% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, La Bastide has 25%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 227 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than La Bastide
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bastide | 56.2 | 28% | 53% | 8.1% |
| Seillans 2,941 · 8.4 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 28% | 12% |
| Fayence 6,157 · 9.6 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 23% | 9.4% |
| Tourrettes 2,972 · 10 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 34% | 8.3% |
| Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne 4,056 · 10.6 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 17% | 6.2% |
| Callian 3,823 · 10.7 mi | 47 | 23% | 21% | 8.9% |
| Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey 3,658 · 11.7 mi | 43.9 | 19% | 13% | 5.6% |
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 La Bastide
What is the population of La Bastide?
227 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (200).
How old are La Bastide’s residents?
The median age is 56.2, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Bastide?
140, with occasional dwellings: 53% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Bastide?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Bastide?
€22,940 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). 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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