Above 95% of compared French towns: 33% of homes are second homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Crestet, the census puts single-parent households at 5.3%. The town is home to 415 residents in 190 households, by the 2023 Census. Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 3.6% in the town.
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 Crestet
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Crestet, 33% of its 340 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 76% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Crestet’s residents are under 52.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of flats than 83% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Some 6.8% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 27% who have been there 30 years or more. Empty homes come to 10% in Crestet, about one in ten.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vaucluse town +7%.
Half of Crestet is over 52.9, older than 91% 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
■ Crestet 52.9. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (30%), Crestet is above 84% of compared French towns. 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 13.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 29%, a higher share than 70% of compared French towns
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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 32% of households are one person living alone in Crestet. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.2 people.
The median resident lives on €23,210 a year per consumption unit
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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,210 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Crestet: 34% of households are headed by a retired person, above 60% of compared French towns
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 share of households headed by a manager or professional is 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Crestet has fewer households headed by a manual worker than 55% of compared French towns, at 13%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Crestet, 7.5% of residents are immigrants, more than in 57% 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 higher than in 57% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. Foreign nationals: 5.1% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
58% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 11% of adults out of school have no qualification in Crestet
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 the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Crestet has 33%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (415 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Crestet
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 Crestet
What is the population of Crestet?
415 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (409).
How old are Crestet’s residents?
The median age is 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Crestet?
110, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Crestet?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Crestet?
€23,210 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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