Photo: Leoni michel · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in social housing: 0.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
With one-person households at 25%, Nans-les-Pins is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. On residents aged 15 to 24, Nans-les-Pins sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 7.3%. 5,215 residents in 2,060 households: that is Nans-les-Pins at the 2023 Census. For Nans-les-Pins, the census puts households without a car at 4.6%.
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 Nans-les-Pins
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 270 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nans-les-Pins, 11% of its 2,460 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Nans-les-Pins had 4,153 residents at the 2012 census and 5,215 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes are second homes, more than in 89% 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
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 16% in Nans-les-Pins. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Empty homes: 5.4% of the total.
Nans-les-Pins’s population changed by +26% since 2012, more than in 95% 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
In two steps, +11% to 2017 and +13% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +10% in Var.
A median age of 49.3: Nans-les-Pins is older than 81% 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
■ Nans-les-Pins 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 28% in Nans-les-Pins and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Nans-les-Pins sits above 87% of compared French towns for couples with children (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
Single-parent households: 8% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
Median living standard: €29,190 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,190 a year: higher than in 80% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 7.0% of residents.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 9.9% of households are headed by a manual worker
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, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Nans-les-Pins, 36%. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.5% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 81% of compared French towns: 3.1%
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 lower than in 81% of compared French towns. Here, 1.6% 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 96% 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
51% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in Nans-les-Pins, less than in 75% 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
Just over a third of Nans-les-Pins’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 15% have no diploma (19%).
6th highest median age among 41 French towns of 5,163 to 5,265
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 Brou-sur-Chantereine (34.1), the youngest, and Scaër (51), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Nans-les-Pins
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nans-les-Pins | 49.3 | 28% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Zacharie 5,879 · 3.9 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 4.4% | 3.6% |
| Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume 2,527 · 4.4 mi | 41.8 | 16% | 9.7% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume 17,896 · 6.7 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 6.4% |
| Auriol 13,037 · 6.9 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 4.2% | 4.8% |
| Trets 10,946 · 6.9 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.7% | 7.1% |
| Tourves 5,207 · 7.3 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 8.4% | 4.5% |
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 Nans-les-Pins
What is the population of Nans-les-Pins?
5,215 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (4,153).
How old are Nans-les-Pins’ residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nans-les-Pins?
270, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nans-les-Pins?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 84 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nans-les-Pins?
€29,190 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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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