In Cavaillon, 45% of households are one person living alone, more than in 85% of compared French towns
In Cavaillon, 55% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. More households without a car than in 77% of compared French towns: 18%. This Vaucluse town had 25,636 residents in 12,250 households at the 2023 census. Empty homes come to 10% locally, about one in ten.
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 Cavaillon
Immigrants
INSEE counts 5,000 immigrants in Cavaillon (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 20% of residents, against 6.8% for the median compared commune in Vaucluse. 17% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cavaillon changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 64% 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
The change was +5% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 59% of compared French towns: 24%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cavaillon 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Cavaillon, 10%. The median age in the town is 44.2, higher than in just over half of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Cavaillon ranks below 68% of compared French towns on couples with children: 22%
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.3% here, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns.
18% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 73% of compared French towns
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 12% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 16%. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 3.1%, more than in 62% of compared French towns. Car-free households: one in six, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Half above, half below €20,640 a year in 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.
The median standard of living in Cavaillon is €20,640 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 95% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 30.2% of residents are below the poverty line.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 85% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 6.6% in Cavaillon and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: just over a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 20%, a higher share than 92% 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 figure for foreign nationals is 17% in Cavaillon and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
Cavaillon ranks above 74% of compared French towns on single residents: 29%
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
Married residents: 41%, below 64% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Cavaillon ranks above 97% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 34%
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
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (24,378 to 26,952 people), the 10th 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 31 in Grigny to 55.2 in Biarritz.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Cavaillon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavaillon | 44.2 | 24% | 3.1% | 20% |
| Plan-d'Orgon 3,573 · 2.9 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 3.8% | 6.7% |
| Robion 4,816 · 3.3 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 5.9% | 4.3% |
| Cheval-Blanc 4,362 · 3.3 mi | 48.8 | 24% | 4.8% | 5% |
| Orgon 2,762 · 3.4 mi | 46.8 | 23% | 4.6% | 13% |
| Cabannes 4,595 · 4.7 mi | 45 | 21% | 2.8% | 11% |
| Saint-Andiol 3,353 · 4.8 mi | 45 | 21% | 3.4% | 8.9% |
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 Cavaillon
What is the population of Cavaillon?
25,636 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (25,289).
How old are Cavaillon’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cavaillon?
430, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cavaillon?
INSEE counts 5,020 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 20% of residents, and 4,240 foreign nationals (17%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cavaillon?
€20,640 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 30.2% 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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