Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe has 383,569 residents in 1 départements and 32 communes.

Region · 1 départements · 32 communes · Updated 24 October 2026

383,569residents2022 census

59%of households own their homemain home

74%housesof all homes

11%second homesof all homes

Guadeloupe · 32 communes

0%30%+

Share of land within 500 m that is green space

Sources: IGN and Insee, IRIS boundaries and Admin Express 2024 (Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

All 1 départements.

Colour shows where each département sits among the others in the region.

Département	Residents	Communes	Price per m²	Living standard	Home owners	Aged 75+	Unemployment	Second homes
Guadeloupe (971)	383,569	32	€2,990/m²	–	59%	9%	25.2%	11%

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0)

People.

383,569 residents and 177,860 households at the 2022 census, next to the département figure.

17%

aged under 15

16%

aged 15–29

29%

aged 60 and over

39%

of households are people living alone

18%

of households are couples with children

24%

of households are single-parent families

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Homes.

237,578 homes, 75% of them main residences, with 3.8 rooms on average.

74%

of homes are houses

59%

of households own their home

15%

of households rent social housing (HLM)

11%

second homes

15%

empty homes

72%

of households have a car

When main homes were built

before 19191%

1919–19452%

1946–197013%

1971–199032%

1991–200535%

2006–201919%

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Income and work.

Work and qualifications at the 2022 census.

25.2%

unemployment among 15–64s (census definition)

24%

of over-15s who have left school hold a higher-education degree

managers and professionals among over-15s

25%

retired among over-15s

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Départements in the region.

Every département has its own page, with all of its communes.

Guadeloupe