6.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 78% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Trans-en-Provence has 8.8%. Put another way, about one in three: 31% of households are one person living alone. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 73% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 6,905 residents and 3,080 households in the town.
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 Trans-en-Provence
Growing fast
Trans-en-Provence had 5,562 residents at the 2012 census and 6,905 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Trans-en-Provence 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +10% for the median Var town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then +18% to 2023.
Trans-en-Provence is older than 61% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Trans-en-Provence 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 68% of compared French towns: 8.9%
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 2.2 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
A lower share of households without a car than 73% of compared French towns, at 7%
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
12% of households moved in less than two years ago; 16% have been in their home 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 3.1%, more than in 63% of compared French towns. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 6.3%.
€27,430 a year: the median standard of living
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 €27,430 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 65% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 12.0% of the population.
Only 30% of households are headed by a retired person in Trans-en-Provence
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
Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.1% of Trans-en-Provence’s residents
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Var has 6.5%. Across Trans-en-Provence, 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 21% in Trans-en-Provence, less than in 87% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Trans-en-Provence, 48%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 13% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 32%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th oldest 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 Bailly-Romainvilliers (34.9), the oldest Le Coteau (54.7).
Trans-en-Provence is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trans-en-Provence | 45.8 | 22% | 3.1% | 6.1% |
| Draguignan 40,826 · 2.4 mi | 42.9 | 23% | 2.7% | 10% |
| La Motte 3,071 · 2.9 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 21% | 6.4% |
| Les Arcs 8,109 · 2.9 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 13% | 8.1% |
| Le Muy 10,118 · 4.1 mi | 45 | 24% | 15% | 15% |
| Figanières 2,762 · 4.4 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 17% | 4.4% |
| Flayosc 4,673 · 5.5 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 17% | 7.5% |
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 Trans-en-Provence
What is the population of Trans-en-Provence?
6,905 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (5,562).
How old are Trans-en-Provence’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 61% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Trans-en-Provence?
110, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Trans-en-Provence?
INSEE counts 420 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 260 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Trans-en-Provence?
€27,430 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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