Below 94% of compared French towns: 3% of households rent social housing (HLM)
9% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Abeilhan’s population at 1,850, in 780 households. Households without a car make up about one in 20 here (4.9%). Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 29% of households are one person living alone.
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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 Abeilhan
Growing fast
Abeilhan had 1,493 residents at the 2012 census and 1,850 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Abeilhan grew +24% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 93% 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 median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +14% and the next six +9%.
Older than 56% of compared French towns: half of Abeilhan is over 45
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Abeilhan 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Abeilhan has more residents aged 65 and over than 54% of compared French towns, at 23%. In Abeilhan, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 61% of compared French towns, at 27%
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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Fewer single-parent households than in three fifths of compared French towns: 9.4%.
A smaller share of flats than 89% of compared French towns: 8.5%
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
13% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.1% moved in within the last two years. Abeilhan has fewer empty homes than 63% of compared French towns, at 5.8%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,170 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.
At €24,170 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Abeilhan ranks below 69% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 29%
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker in Abeilhan. Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 9.1%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Abeilhan sits below 76% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (2.2%)
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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Abeilhan comes in at 5%. That is lower than in 63% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. By way of 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.
Fewer single residents than 59% of compared French towns: 24%
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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 71% 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 the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Abeilhan, 17%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,850 to 2,582 people, the 20th youngest
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).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Abeilhan are older
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 Abeilhan
What is the population of Abeilhan?
1,850 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (1,493).
How old are Abeilhan’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 56% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Abeilhan?
83, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Abeilhan?
INSEE counts 92 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Abeilhan?
€24,170 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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