Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Gargas is over 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns
45% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 91% of compared French towns: 7.8% of homes are flats. There were 1,410 households in Gargas at the 2023 Census, home to 3,035 residents. One-person households make up about one in four here (28%).
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 Gargas
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 210 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gargas, 12% of its 1,690 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Gargas’ residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Gargas, 12% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 4.1% in Gargas. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. For Gargas, the census puts households without a car at 5.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 80% of compared French towns.
Faster growth than 58% of compared French towns: Gargas changed by +7% 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
7.8% of residents are 15 to 24, below 94% 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
■ Gargas 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 32%, Gargas is ahead of 91% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
7.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 85% 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
Here 21% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Each household has 2.2 people on average. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
The median resident lives on €24,960 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 €24,960 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 61% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 11.0% of residents.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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
Across Gargas, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 68% of compared French towns, at 2.8%
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.
In Gargas, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Gargas, 54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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: 18% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Gargas ranks below 72% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 24%
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
Gargas has more adults with no qualification than 53% of compared French towns, at 20%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,006 to 3,065 people), the 6th 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 35.9 in Pont-à-Vendin to 63.8 in Agon-Coutainville.
Every neighbor is younger than Gargas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gargas | 54.8 | 32% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Apt 10,143 · 2.5 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 9.4% | 14% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 3,004 · 2.7 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 31% | 6.5% |
| Lauris 3,921 · 10.3 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 13% | 5.7% |
| Cadenet 4,363 · 11.3 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Robion 4,816 · 12.6 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 5.9% | 4.3% |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron 5,459 · 12.7 mi | 45 | 22% | 3% | 10% |
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 Gargas
What is the population of Gargas?
3,035 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (2,843).
How old are Gargas’ residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gargas?
210, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gargas?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 85 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gargas?
€24,960 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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