Agel is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.9
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Agel has 62%. There were 120 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 240 residents. 5.9% of homes are flats, or about one in 17. Couples with children are rarer here than in four fifths of compared French towns.
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 Agel
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Agel, 21% of its 180 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 92% 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 Agel’s residents are under 60.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 25 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Agel: 21% of homes are second homes, above 93% 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
Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. For Agel, the census puts empty homes at 13%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Agel has grown +12%, faster than 75% 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 change was +10% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Hérault town +13%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 42%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Agel 60.9. The median compared French town: 44.
3.7% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Agel ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 4.2%
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
The typical household size is 2 people. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 35% of the total.
€21,040 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Agel is €21,040 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
8.7% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 84% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 12% in Agel, more than in 78% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Agel, 10%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Single residents: 19%, a lower share than 94% 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
46% of residents 15 and over are married and 5.1% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 7.6% are widowed. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 27%, a lower share than 59% 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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (19%). Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 240 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Agel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agel | 60.9 | 42% | 21% | 12% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 6.8 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 7.1 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 9.6 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 9.6 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Capestang 3,514 · 9.7 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.6% | 9% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 10.8 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
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 Agel
What is the population of Agel?
240 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (214).
How old are Agel’s residents?
The median age is 60.9, older than 99% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Agel?
38, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Agel?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Agel?
€21,040 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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