Tavernes sits above 92% of compared French towns for second homes (18%)
In Tavernes, 30% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person account for 44%. Fewer flats than in 86% of compared French towns: 11%. This Var town counted 1,492 residents and 700 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Tavernes
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 180 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tavernes, 18% of its 1,020 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 150 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 14% of homes stand empty
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
Turnover: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 9.7% have lived in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Tavernes comes in at 7.3%.
Tavernes grew +15% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 82% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +10% for the median Var town, the change came in two steps: +8% from 2012 to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
A median age of 49: Tavernes is older than 79% 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
■ Tavernes 49. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Tavernes comes in at 9%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 59% of compared French towns: 23%
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 2.1 people. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Tavernes has more single-parent households than 69% of compared French towns, at 11%. Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 36% in the town.
€23,380 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €23,380 a year: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Tavernes sits below 71% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (6.7%)
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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, a lower share than in 58% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 68% of compared French towns: 4.5% of residents are immigrants
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 about one in 28 here (3.6%). The wider picture: 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.
Tavernes ranks above 78% of compared French towns on married residents: 47%
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
The census found that 25% of residents 15 and over are single in Tavernes. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns: 23%
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 Tavernes, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,492 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Tavernes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Tavernes
What is the population of Tavernes?
1,492 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (1,298).
How old are Tavernes’ residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tavernes?
180, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tavernes?
INSEE counts 68 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 53 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tavernes?
€23,380 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). 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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