30% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households without a car: 3% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 14%, more than in 89% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 573 people lived in Blauvac, in 250 households. Here, 5.8% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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 Blauvac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Blauvac, 30% of its 390 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 85% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Blauvac had 476 residents at the 2012 census and 573 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Blauvac ranks below 84% of compared French towns on flats: 11%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Blauvac, the census puts empty homes at 6.7%. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 91% of compared French towns: Blauvac changed by +20% since 2012
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, +7% in Vaucluse.
9.2% of residents are 15 to 24, below 78% 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
■ Blauvac 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Blauvac is 45.7, higher than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Here, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 32% of households are one person living alone in Blauvac
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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children is 28%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people.
Standard of living at the median: €24,200 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.
Half of Blauvac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,200 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Blauvac ranks above 60% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 34%
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 Blauvac (9.8%). On average, 32% 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).
5.4% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 60% 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 median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 6.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 38%, a lower share than 81% 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
Single residents: 27% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (36%), Blauvac is above 69% of compared French towns. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 573 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Blauvac sits below 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blauvac | 45.7 | 23% | 30% | 6.2% |
| Mazan 6,285 · 4.7 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 9.4% | 5.2% |
| Bédoin 3,106 · 6.3 mi | 56.4 | 36% | 32% | 7.1% |
| Caromb 3,479 · 7.4 mi | 50.9 | 27% | 13% | 8.6% |
| Carpentras 31,619 · 8.3 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 2.6% | 18% |
| Pernes-les-Fontaines 10,504 · 8.5 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 5.1% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 3,004 · 9.9 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 31% | 6.5% |
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 Blauvac
What is the population of Blauvac?
573 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (476).
How old are Blauvac’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blauvac?
120, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blauvac?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blauvac?
€24,200 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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