Second homes make up 41% in La Garde-Freinet, more than in 96% of compared French towns
With a median age of 49.2, La Garde-Freinet is older than 80% of compared French towns. There were 910 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 1,862 residents. Here, 7.6% of households rent social housing (HLM). Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, La Garde-Freinet has 11%.
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 Garde-Freinet
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 770 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Garde-Freinet, 41% of its 1,880 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 87% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 300 immigrants in La Garde-Freinet (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 6.5% for the median compared commune in Var. 13% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
8% of households have no car, fewer than in 67% 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
14% of households arrived within the last two years, while 15% have stayed 30 years or more. Typically, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. On flats, La Garde-Freinet sits lower than three fifths of compared French towns: 24%.
+3% since 2012, a pace below 58% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Var town +10%. The change was +4% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Garde-Freinet 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 24%, La Garde-Freinet is ahead of 60% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 22% of households are couples with children
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Fewer single-parent households than in 57% of compared French towns: 9.6%. One-person households: 36% here and 35% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,700 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.
At €22,700 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
La Garde-Freinet ranks below 72% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 28%
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 manual worker: 12%, below 65% of compared French towns. Few places have as many households headed by a manager or professional: 10% here, more than in 54% of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In La Garde-Freinet, 15% of residents are immigrants, more than in 85% 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 13% in La Garde-Freinet. The wider picture: 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.
In La Garde-Freinet, 24% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 65% 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
The share of married residents stands at 42%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 29%, a lower share than 53% 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
Adults with no qualification: 18% of the total. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,862 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than La Garde-Freinet: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Garde-Freinet | 49.2 | 24% | 41% | 15% |
| Le Plan-de-la-Tour 3,125 · 4.1 mi | 49.1 | 23% | 34% | 11% |
| Grimaud 4,587 · 4.7 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 69% | 14% |
| Cogolin 12,301 · 5.4 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 22% | 15% |
| Vidauban 12,608 · 7.5 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 15% | 11% |
| Gassin 2,687 · 7.6 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 64% | 13% |
| Sainte-Maxime 14,118 · 7.9 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 Garde-Freinet
What is the population of La Garde-Freinet?
1,862 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,810).
How old are La Garde-Freinet’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Garde-Freinet?
770, with occasional dwellings: 41% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Garde-Freinet?
INSEE counts 280 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 250 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Garde-Freinet?
€22,700 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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