Second homes make up 24% in Méthamis, more than in 94% of compared French towns
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 11% of homes are flats in Méthamis. The town’s 220 households held 450 residents at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person account for 39%. A fifth of households are couples with children, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns.
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 Méthamis
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 77 second homes and occasional dwellings in Méthamis, 24% of its 330 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 81% 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 Méthamis’ residents are under 51.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Méthamis, 6.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 75% 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
Here 9.1% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Faster growth than 81% of compared French towns: Méthamis changed by +15% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vaucluse town +7%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +11%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
A median age of 51.2: Méthamis is older than 87% 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
■ Méthamis 51.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 26%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 8.1% of residents are 15 to 24 in Méthamis.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 14% in Méthamis, more than in 93% 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
On average, 2 people share a household. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 54% of compared French towns: 34% of households are one person living alone.
A median of €23,310 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 median standard of living in Méthamis is €23,310 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 12% in Méthamis, less than in 64% 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 stands at 9.5%. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Méthamis ranks below 74% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.9%
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 74% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. Foreign nationals account for 3.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, below 66% 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
Married residents account for 44%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 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
In Méthamis, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 450 to 2,582
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).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Méthamis
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méthamis | 51.2 | 26% | 24% | 3.9% |
| Mazan 6,285 · 5.7 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 9.4% | 5.2% |
| Bédoin 3,106 · 7.8 mi | 56.4 | 36% | 32% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 3,004 · 8.6 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 31% | 6.5% |
| Pernes-les-Fontaines 10,504 · 8.7 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 5.1% | 4.8% |
| Caromb 3,479 · 8.8 mi | 50.9 | 27% | 13% | 8.6% |
| Carpentras 31,619 · 9.1 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 2.6% | 18% |
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 Méthamis
What is the population of Méthamis?
450 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (392).
How old are Méthamis’ residents?
The median age is 51.2, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Méthamis?
77, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Méthamis?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Méthamis?
€23,310 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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