Households in social housing make up 2.4% in Pignans, less than in 96% of compared French towns
28% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. On second homes, Pignans sits higher than 85% of compared French towns: 7.7%. The town is home to 4,838 residents in 1,970 households, by the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in five: a fifth of homes are flats.
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 Pignans
Growing fast
Pignans had 3,582 residents at the 2012 census and 4,838 in 2023, up 35%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Pignans has grown +35%, faster than 98% 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 Var town changed +10% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +17% and the next six +15%.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 9.7% 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
■ Pignans 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Pignans is 43.4, lower than in 55% of compared French towns. For Pignans, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 22%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 30%, a higher share than 77% 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
Each household has 2.4 people on average. Just over one in ten households are single parents, more than in 64% of compared French towns. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 7.4% 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
Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 12% moved in during the last two years and 12% have stayed three decades or more.
The median resident lives on €24,540 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €24,540 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 17.0% of residents.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 69% of compared French towns: 11%
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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 31%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 58% of compared French towns: 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 67% of compared French towns: 4.6%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.6% of residents are foreign nationals here. Typically, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 64% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, a lower share than in 56% of compared French towns. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 68% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
In Pignans, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
13th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 4,801 to 4,876
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 Rosières-près-Troyes (32.7), the oldest Quiberon (63.9).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Pignans are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pignans | 43.4 | 22% | 7.7% | 4.6% |
| Carnoules 4,388 · 2.1 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 4% | 5.9% |
| Gonfaron 4,496 · 3.2 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 7.5% | 5.8% |
| Besse-sur-Issole 3,125 · 4.2 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 11% | 4.4% |
| Puget-Ville 4,610 · 5 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 5.7% | 3.9% |
| Flassans-sur-Issole 3,706 · 5 mi | 45 | 23% | 9.6% | 5.4% |
| Pierrefeu-du-Var 6,084 · 6.4 mi | 48 | 23% | 6.8% | 3.2% |
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 Pignans
What is the population of Pignans?
4,838 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% more than in 2012 (3,582).
How old are Pignans’ residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pignans?
180, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pignans?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pignans?
€24,540 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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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