28% of homes in Seillans are second homes
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 85% of compared French towns: 40%. Seillans’s 1,270 households held 2,941 residents at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 65 and over come to 29% in the town, about three in ten. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 6.3%, fewer than in 80% 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 Seillans
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 550 second homes and occasional dwellings in Seillans, 28% of its 1,960 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Seillans had 2,489 residents at the 2012 census and 2,941 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 83% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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 18 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Flats make up about one in four here (25%). Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 6.9%, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
Seillans grew +18% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 88% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then +10% to 2023.
Half of Seillans is over 50.5, older than 85% 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
■ Seillans 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Seillans, 8.6%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 12%, a higher share than 79% 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
Average household size: 2.2 people. Few places have so few one-person households: 33% here, fewer than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. In Seillans, 24% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town.
A median of €24,820 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.
Half of Seillans’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,820 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 62% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 20.0% of residents.
8.6% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 84% 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
In Seillans, 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 78% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 10%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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 70% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 45% of residents 15 and over are married in Seillans. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Seillans sits below 65% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (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
A third of Seillans’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 16% have no diploma (19%).
41 French towns of 2,911 to 2,972 people: this is the 12th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Péron (37.1), the youngest, and Lalinde (58.7), the oldest.
Seillans sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seillans | 50.5 | 29% | 28% | 12% |
| Fayence 6,157 · 2.3 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 23% | 9.4% |
| Tourrettes 2,972 · 3.6 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 34% | 8.3% |
| Callian 3,823 · 5.4 mi | 47 | 23% | 21% | 8.9% |
| Bagnols-en-Forêt 3,194 · 6.3 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 24% | 7.1% |
| Montauroux 7,183 · 6.7 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 18% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne 4,056 · 8 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 17% | 6.2% |
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 Seillans
What is the population of Seillans?
2,941 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (2,489).
How old are Seillans’ residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Seillans?
550, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Seillans?
INSEE counts 350 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 310 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Seillans?
€24,820 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% 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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