Photo: Pascalb · CC BY-SA 4.0Puget-sur-Argens ranks above 95% of compared French towns on empty homes: 15%
The share of households in social housing trails 83% of compared French towns: 5.8%. In 2023, the Census found 8,602 residents in Puget-sur-Argens, living in 3,780 households. Second homes make up about one in 16 here (6.3%). Half are older than 43.5, younger than 54% 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 Puget-sur-Argens
Growing fast
Puget-sur-Argens had 6,915 residents at the 2012 census and 8,602 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 720 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Puget-sur-Argens outgrew 94% of compared French towns: +24%
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Var town +10%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +17%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.9%, a lower share than 84% 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
■ Puget-sur-Argens 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.5, Puget-sur-Argens is younger than 54% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. On the census count, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 27% in Puget-sur-Argens, more than in 59% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Puget-sur-Argens has 11%. On average, 2.2 people share a household. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
45% of homes are flats, more than in 69% 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
Some 14% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 16% who have been there 30 years or more. Census figures put households without a car at 9.9% in Puget-sur-Argens.
Median standard of living: €26,140 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 €26,140 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 52% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 14.0% of residents.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 65% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
For Puget-sur-Argens, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 13%. Nearly a tenth of Puget-sur-Argens’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 30% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Puget-sur-Argens, 7.7% of residents are immigrants, more than in 59% 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.
The census found that 4.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Puget-sur-Argens. By way of comparison, 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.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 23% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Here, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 67% of compared French towns, at 25%
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 make up 23%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 8,514 to 8,687 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 Saint-Jory (34.3), the oldest Le Grau-du-Roi (62.3).
Puget-sur-Argens is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puget-sur-Argens | 43.5 | 22% | 6.3% | 7.7% |
| Roquebrune-sur-Argens 15,442 · 2.1 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 47% | 6.8% |
| Fréjus 59,719 · 3.4 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 35% | 12% |
| Bagnols-en-Forêt 3,194 · 5.5 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 24% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Raphaël 37,113 · 5.7 mi | 58.9 | 41% | 43% | 8.7% |
| Le Muy 10,118 · 6.4 mi | 45 | 24% | 15% | 15% |
| La Motte 3,071 · 7.4 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 21% | 6.4% |
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 Puget-sur-Argens
What is the population of Puget-sur-Argens?
8,602 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (6,915).
How old are Puget-sur-Argens’ residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puget-sur-Argens?
300, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puget-sur-Argens?
INSEE counts 660 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 400 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puget-sur-Argens?
€26,140 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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