0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.4% of households have no car here. The 2023 Census counted 3,126 residents in 1,330 households. Locally, 28% of households are one person living alone. More second homes than in 85% of compared French towns: 8%.
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.
Signes’s population changed by +14% since 2012, more than in 79% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +10% in Var.
Signes ranks below 74% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Signes 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.8%, Signes is behind just over two thirds of compared French towns on that count. The median age locally is 43.8, lower than in 52% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 76% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
Households average 2.3 people. Higher than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
10% of homes stand empty, a share 79% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of homes are flats here. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €26,450 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 €26,450 a year: higher than in 55% of compared French towns. 12.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
Signes sits below 85% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (25%)
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
About one in ten: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Signes (9.8%). Higher than in 50% of compared French towns: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 81% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.6%), Signes is below 85% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Var has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Signes ranks below 82% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Signes comes in at 48%. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
About one in three: that is how common graduates of higher education are in Signes (31%). As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 Vémars (35.8), the oldest La Tranche-sur-Mer (64.6).
Around Signes, 4 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signes | 43.8 | 18% | 8% | 3% |
| Le Beausset 10,219 · 6.5 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 9.1% | 5.2% |
| Le Castellet 6,040 · 6.8 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 18% | 3.3% |
| La Roquebrussanne 2,817 · 7.3 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 7.7% | 2.9% |
| Nans-les-Pins 5,215 · 7.3 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume 2,527 · 7.7 mi | 41.8 | 16% | 9.7% | 2.2% |
| Cuges-les-Pins 6,236 · 7.9 mi | 40.5 | 16% | 3.9% | 4.2% |
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 Signes
What is the population of Signes?
3,126 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (2,745).
How old are Signes’ residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Signes?
130, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Signes?
INSEE counts 95 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 49 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Signes?
€26,450 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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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