Second homes: 71%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; La Croix-Valmer has 2%. 10% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns. The town’s 1,770 households held 3,855 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
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 Croix-Valmer
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 4,550 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Croix-Valmer, 71% of its 6,440 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 62% 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.
La Croix-Valmer sits below 69% of compared French towns for households without a car (7.6%)
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 16%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 12%. Just over two in five homes are flats, more than in 67% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. By its share of households in social housing (9.2%), La Croix-Valmer is below 64% of compared French towns.
Faster growth than 69% of compared French towns: La Croix-Valmer changed by +10% since 2012
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +8%, then +2% to 2023.
Half of La Croix-Valmer is over 47.6, older than 73% 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 Croix-Valmer 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, above 72% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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 85% of compared French towns: 7.5% 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
23% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 7.5% are single parents with their children (10%). Households here average 2.1 people each.
A median standard of living of €26,910 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 €26,910 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 60% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 16.0% of residents.
La Croix-Valmer ranks below 72% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 6.5%
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
36% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In La Croix-Valmer, 14% of residents are immigrants, more than in 83% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 11% in La Croix-Valmer. As a reference point, 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.
La Croix-Valmer ranks below 73% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 61% of compared French towns, at 27%
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, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,829 to 3,880 people), the 13th oldest
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 36.3 in Pringy to 68.1 in Saint-Palais-sur-Mer.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than La Croix-Valmer
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Croix-Valmer | 47.6 | 26% | 71% | 14% |
| Cavalaire-sur-Mer 8,121 · 2.9 mi | 57.1 | 38% | 66% | 11% |
| Gassin 2,687 · 3.1 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 64% | 13% |
| Cogolin 12,301 · 3.6 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 22% | 15% |
| Grimaud 4,587 · 5 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 69% | 14% |
| Saint-Tropez 3,582 · 5.7 mi | 55.7 | 36% | 68% | 11% |
| Sainte-Maxime 14,118 · 8.4 mi | 54.8 | 35% | 56% | 16% |
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 Croix-Valmer
What is the population of La Croix-Valmer?
3,855 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (3,509).
How old are La Croix-Valmer’s residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 73% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Croix-Valmer?
4,550, with occasional dwellings: 71% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Croix-Valmer?
INSEE counts 540 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 410 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Croix-Valmer?
€26,910 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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