In Arboras, 26% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 107 residents and 59 households in Arboras. The census found that 17% of households are single parents here. With households without a car at 3.3%, Arboras is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Arboras
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arboras, 26% of its 84 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Arboras’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 44% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Many graduates
52% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 27% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
An older town
Half of Arboras’ residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 1.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 4.1% of homes stand empty
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Arboras comes in at 13%. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Arboras changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 70% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +13%, and from 2017 to 2023 −12%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hérault town +13%.
Only 6.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in Arboras
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arboras 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Arboras is 51.5, higher than in 88% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Locally, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 50% in Arboras, more than in 94% of compared French towns
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 1.8 people on average. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,150 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,150 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Arboras sits below 57% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (8.3%)
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Arboras, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Arboras sits above 66% of compared French towns for immigrants (9%)
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.
The share of foreign nationals tops three fifths of compared French towns: 5.4%. Against that, 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.
In Arboras, 20% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 99% 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
Single residents: 33%, above 89% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Arboras ranks below 98% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 8.3%
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
With graduates of higher education at 52%, Arboras is ahead of 94% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Arboras and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arboras | 51.5 | 23% | 26% | 9% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 4.4 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 5.2 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
| Aniane 2,979 · 5.4 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 6.3 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Canet 3,619 · 7.2 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 8.5 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
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 Arboras
What is the population of Arboras?
107 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (107).
How old are Arboras’ residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arboras?
21, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arboras?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arboras?
€23,150 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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