Photo: Archives départementales de l'Hérault (France) DAASI · CC BY-SA 4.0A smaller share of households in social housing than 92% of compared French towns: 3.6%
Households headed by a manual worker: 8% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 2,979 residents and 1,360 households in Aniane. About one in five: that is how common flats are in Aniane (19%).
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 Aniane
Empty homes
The census found 190 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +4% change since 2012: slower than 54% 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
Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then +2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +13% in Hérault.
Aniane is older than 66% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aniane 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.1% in Aniane and 11% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 23% in the town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 60% of compared French towns: 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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.1% here, fewer than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. With one-person households at 34%, Aniane is behind 54% of compared French towns on that count.
Aniane: 12% of homes stand empty, above 88% 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
One household in 11 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Across Aniane, nearly one in ten households have no car.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,350 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.
Living standards centre on €24,350 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns. 15.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 16% in Aniane, more than in 79% 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
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Aniane, 29%. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 64% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Aniane comes in at 3%. By way of comparison, 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.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 68% 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
Census figures put single residents at 25% in Aniane. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Aniane, less than in 78% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 38%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,947 to 3,012 people), the 16th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Gorcy (40.5), the youngest, and Vimoutiers (60.1), the oldest.
Aniane 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aniane | 46.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 2.8 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 4.8 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Montarnaud 4,208 · 6.1 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 1.7% | 7.4% |
| Vailhauquès 2,722 · 6.7 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| Canet 3,619 · 7.3 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 8.8 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
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 Aniane
What is the population of Aniane?
2,979 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (2,872).
How old are Aniane’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aniane?
80, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aniane?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 90 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aniane?
€24,350 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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