15% of homes in Le Muy are second homes
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 6.2%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Le Muy had 10,118 residents in 4,440 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 7.6% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the town. Compared with other places, flats are common here: 36%, more than in 59% 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 Le Muy
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 940 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Muy, 15% of its 6,090 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 35% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,600 immigrants in Le Muy (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. 12% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 710 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
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
One household in 10 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 9.8% in Le Muy.
Faster growth than 65% of compared French towns: Le Muy changed by +8% 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
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.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 64% of compared French towns, at 24%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Muy 45. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45, Le Muy is older than 57% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Le Muy sits below 62% of compared French towns for one-person households (33%)
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many couples with children: 27% here, more than in 59% of compared French towns. Add to that, in the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Le Muy, 11%.
€23,840 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €23,840 a year: lower than in 73% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 23.0%.
More households headed by a retired person than 60% of compared French towns: 34%
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
Le Muy has more households headed by a manual worker than 54% of compared French towns, at 14%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 86% of compared French towns, at 15%
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.
Foreign nationals: 12%, above 86% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
Married residents: 47%, a higher share than 78% 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 figure for single residents is 23% in Le Muy and 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 76% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
A quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (9,945 to 10,304 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Pierrelaye (35.2), the oldest Mazamet (51.2).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Le Muy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Muy | 45 | 24% | 15% | 15% |
| La Motte 3,071 · 1.7 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 21% | 6.4% |
| Trans-en-Provence 6,905 · 4.1 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 3.1% | 6.1% |
| Les Arcs 8,109 · 4.1 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 13% | 8.1% |
| Roquebrune-sur-Argens 15,442 · 5.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 47% | 6.8% |
| Draguignan 40,826 · 6.3 mi | 42.9 | 23% | 2.7% | 10% |
| Puget-sur-Argens 8,602 · 6.4 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 6.3% | 7.7% |
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 Le Muy
What is the population of Le Muy?
10,118 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (9,327).
How old are Le Muy’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Muy?
940, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Muy?
INSEE counts 1,560 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 1,190 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Muy?
€23,840 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 23.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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