Households without a car make up 1.6% in Agonès, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Flats make up 3.9%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put one-person households at 27% in Agonès. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 319 residents in 140 households.
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 Agonès
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Agonès, 16% of its 170 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Agonès had 240 residents at the 2012 census and 319 in 2023, up 33%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
0.7% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 99% 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
By its share of second homes (16%), Agonès is above 92% of compared French towns. 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 13% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 12%.
Agonès grew +33% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 97% 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 first five years brought +10%; the six to 2023, +20%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hérault town +13%.
Younger than 65% of compared French towns: half of Agonès is under 42.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Agonès 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 56% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Agonès sits above 96% of compared French towns for single-parent households (15%)
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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Fewer couples with children than in 60% of compared French towns: 23%. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,620 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 €25,620 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 62% of compared French towns, at 7.7%
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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 31% 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns: 3.4%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 1.7%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A larger share of married residents than 72% of compared French towns: 46%
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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Only 10% of adults out of school have no qualification in Agonès
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
Graduates of higher education: 38% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 319 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.
Every neighbor is older than Agonès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agonès | 42.1 | 21% | 16% | 3.4% |
| Ganges 3,724 · 2.8 mi | 52.8 | 35% | 3.5% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 2,696 · 7.5 mi | 45 | 21% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort 3,737 · 8 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Le Vigan 3,863 · 8.6 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 11% | 12% |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers 4,979 · 11.4 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 3.6% | 7% |
| Quissac 3,528 · 13.6 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 5.6% | 7.6% |
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 Agonès
What is the population of Agonès?
319 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 33% more than in 2012 (240).
How old are Agonès’ residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Agonès?
27, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Agonès?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Agonès?
€25,620 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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