La Môle sits above 95% of compared French towns for couples with children (36%)
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 16% in La Môle and 22% in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person. This Var town has fewer households in social housing than 82% of compared French towns, at 5.9%. 1,535 residents in 620 households: that is La Môle at the 2023 Census.
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 Môle
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 180 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Môle, 21% of its 860 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 79% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 9.9% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
La Môle had 1,198 residents at the 2012 census and 1,535 in 2023, up 28%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.1% of households have no car
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
By its share of second homes (21%), La Môle is above 93% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town. One in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 15% have been in their home 30 years or more. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 6.9%, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
+28% since 2012, a pace 96% 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
The first five years brought +20%; the six to 2023, +7%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Var town +10%.
A median age of 41.4: La Môle is younger than 70% 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 Môle 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, La Môle has 8.9%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 25% in La Môle, less than in 94% 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
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. At 9.9%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 52% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €27,360 a year in standard of living
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 €27,360 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
In La Môle, 9.2% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 82% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 13% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 77% of compared French towns: 12%
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.
In La Môle, one in ten residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in La Môle
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
Married residents: 45% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 16%, a lower share than 70% 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, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
6th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,535 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than La Môle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Môle | 41.4 | 16% | 21% | 12% |
| Cavalaire-sur-Mer 8,121 · 3.6 mi | 57.1 | 38% | 66% | 11% |
| Cogolin 12,301 · 4.4 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 22% | 15% |
| La Croix-Valmer 3,855 · 5 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 71% | 14% |
| Grimaud 4,587 · 6.2 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 69% | 14% |
| Gassin 2,687 · 6.7 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 64% | 13% |
| Le Lavandou 6,646 · 6.8 mi | 58.5 | 40% | 71% | 9.2% |
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 Môle
What is the population of La Môle?
1,535 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 28% more than in 2012 (1,198).
How old are La Môle’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Môle?
180, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Môle?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Môle?
€27,360 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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