Households without a car: 2.4%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 5.8% in Uchaux. In Uchaux, 0.1% of households rent social housing (HLM). On single-parent households, Uchaux sits lower than 93% of compared French towns: 6.5%. The town counted 1,699 residents and 710 households at 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 Uchaux
Growing fast
Uchaux had 1,429 residents at the 2012 census and 1,699 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Uchaux outgrew 89% of compared French towns: +19%
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: +15% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Half of Uchaux is over 47.7, older than 73% 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
■ Uchaux 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Uchaux, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Uchaux, 23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% 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
Households average 2.3 people. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Uchaux sits higher than 78% of compared French towns: 30%.
Uchaux ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 2.3%
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
9.5% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.3% (under two years). At 6.7%, the share of empty homes is lower than in half of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €30,580 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.
Half of Uchaux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,580 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 76% of compared French towns: 10%
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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (14%), Uchaux is above 72% of compared French towns. Here, 32% 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).
Foreign nationals: 1.1%, a lower share than 92% 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.
By its share of immigrants (3.3%), Uchaux is below nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
54% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 98% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single in Uchaux. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
In Uchaux, 42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 83% 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
With adults with no qualification at 15%, Uchaux is behind just over three quarters of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,699 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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).
Uchaux is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uchaux | 47.7 | 22% | 9.5% | 3.3% |
| Sérignan-du-Comtat 2,939 · 3 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 3.6% | 5% |
| Piolenc 5,718 · 3 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 3.9% | 4.9% |
| Mornas 2,569 · 3.1 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 4.1% | 5% |
| Mondragon 3,833 · 4.3 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 7.2% |
| Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes 2,656 · 4.7 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 7.8% | 6% |
| Camaret-sur-Aigues 4,533 · 5 mi | 44.7 | 19% | 1.9% | 6.7% |
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 Uchaux
What is the population of Uchaux?
1,699 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (1,429).
How old are Uchaux’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Uchaux?
80, with occasional dwellings: 9.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Uchaux?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Uchaux?
€30,580 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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