1.6% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 21% in Argelliers and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, at 7%, the share of flats is lower than in 92% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,002 residents and 430 households locally. On the census count, 15% of households are single parents.
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 Argelliers
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 69 second homes and occasional dwellings in Argelliers, 13% of its 520 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many graduates
49% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 20% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
4.7% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 19%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, Argelliers outgrew 52% of compared French towns: +5%
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
In two steps, +6% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +13% in Hérault.
Half of Argelliers is over 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Argelliers 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Argelliers has 9.3%. The census found that 20% of residents are 65 or over locally.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Argelliers, 29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 80% 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 2.3 people on average. 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 77% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €30,300 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 €30,300 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 89% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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 retired person: 25% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4% of residents are immigrants, below 74% 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.
With foreign nationals at 2%, Argelliers is behind nearly four fifths of compared French towns on that count. For 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.
Argelliers: 47% of residents 15 and over are married, above 79% 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
The share of single residents trails 72% of compared French towns: 23%. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Argelliers, 8.2% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 98% 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, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Argelliers has 49%. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,002 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Argelliers: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argelliers | 46.3 | 20% | 13% | 4% |
| Vailhauquès 2,722 · 3 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| Montarnaud 4,208 · 3.9 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 1.7% | 7.4% |
| Aniane 2,979 · 4.8 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Gély-du-Fesc 10,472 · 6.4 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 1.1% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 2,696 · 6.6 mi | 45 | 21% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 7.2 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
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 Argelliers
What is the population of Argelliers?
1,002 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (951).
How old are Argelliers’ residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Argelliers?
69, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Argelliers?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Argelliers?
€30,300 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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