More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 28%
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Gigondas has 6.6%. 6.3% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The town is home to 448 residents in 210 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Gigondas
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 99 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gigondas, 28% of its 350 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 80% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gigondas had 532 residents at the 2012 census and 448 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 44 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 12% in Gigondas, 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
One in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 31% have been in their home 30 years or more. On flats, Gigondas sits lower than 69% of compared French towns: 19%. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Gigondas changed by −16% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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 first five years brought −6%; the six to 2023, −11%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vaucluse town +7%.
Only 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Gigondas
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gigondas 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Gigondas. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 49.6, Gigondas is older than just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Gigondas ranks below 72% of compared French towns on one-person households: 31%
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
Average household size: 2.1 people. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 26%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €30,770 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,770 a year: higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 6.6% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 11% in Gigondas and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 60% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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.
On the census count, 5.6% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 58% 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 Gigondas, 49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 89% 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, the share of single residents is 25%; Gigondas has 22%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
More graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns: 39%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 448 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Gigondas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigondas | 49.6 | 28% | 28% | 5.6% |
| Aubignan 5,981 · 4.9 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 13% | 7.9% |
| Sarrians 5,792 · 5.6 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 3.6% | 8.6% |
| Jonquières 5,201 · 5.6 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.4% | 6.1% |
| Camaret-sur-Aigues 4,533 · 6.2 mi | 44.7 | 19% | 1.9% | 6.7% |
| Vaison-la-Romaine 6,058 · 6.6 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 15% | 12% |
| Caromb 3,479 · 6.8 mi | 50.9 | 27% | 13% | 8.6% |
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 Gigondas
What is the population of Gigondas?
448 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (532).
How old are Gigondas’ residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 82% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gigondas?
99, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gigondas?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gigondas?
€30,770 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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