More couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
2.8% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. In 2023, the Census found 894 residents in Puget, living in 360 households. On the census count, 3.8% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Puget
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Puget, 20% of its 490 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 8.7% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Puget had 681 residents at the 2012 census and 894 in 2023, up 31%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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
In the last two years, 6.7% of households moved in; at the other end, 14% have stayed 30 years or more. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Few places have so few empty homes: 6.3% here, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns.
+31% since 2012, a pace 97% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Vaucluse town, the change came in two steps: +13% from 2012 to 2017, then +16% to 2023.
In Puget, 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% 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
■ Puget 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.8, Puget is older than 62% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
Households average 2.5 people. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few single-parent households: 8.7% here, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns.
A median of €31,810 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.
At €31,810 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
8.9% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 83% 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 tops 70% of compared French towns: 13%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%. On the census count, 34% 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 make up 5.8% of Puget’s residents
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 56% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.8%). Little separates the share of foreign nationals here, 3.7%, from the figure 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 15% of residents 15 and over are single
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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Puget, 53%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 93% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Puget comes in at 47%. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th highest median age among 41 French towns of 894 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Puget sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
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 Puget
What is the population of Puget?
894 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 31% more than in 2012 (681).
How old are Puget’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puget?
100, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puget?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puget?
€31,810 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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