A median age of 55.3: Assas is older than 94% of compared French towns
2.7% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Assas counted 1,405 residents and 630 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, nearly one in ten homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Assas
An older town
Half of Assas’ residents are under 55.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many graduates
61% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 31% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Assas had 1,505 residents at the 2012 census and 1,405 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Assas has changed by −7%, slower than 92% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +13% for the median Hérault town, the change came in two steps: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 82% 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
■ Assas 55.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Assas. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Single-parent households: 8% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
Assas sits above 84% of compared French towns for empty homes (11%)
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
3.7% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €36,540 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.
The median standard of living in Assas is €36,540 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
Assas sits above 95% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (26%)
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 5.6% of households are headed by a manual worker here. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%. Put another way, about one in three: 36% 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).
Immigrants make up 6.6% of Assas’ residents
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 median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 51% of compared French towns. Here, 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
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 99% of compared French towns: 54%
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
With single residents at 20%, Assas is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 61% in Assas, more 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 Assas, 7% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,405 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Assas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assas | 55.3 | 29% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| Prades-le-Lez 6,184 · 1.6 mi | 41.3 | 18% | 1% | 6.2% |
| Teyran 4,787 · 2 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 1.2% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Clément-de-Rivière 5,218 · 3 mi | 50.6 | 34% | 4.4% | 5.8% |
| Jacou 6,924 · 3 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 9.4% |
| Montferrier-sur-Lez 4,135 · 3.3 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 3% | 6.5% |
| Clapiers 6,006 · 3.3 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 1.9% | 7.2% |
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 Assas
What is the population of Assas?
1,405 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,505).
How old are Assas’ residents?
The median age is 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Assas?
27, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Assas?
INSEE counts 93 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 52 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Assas?
€36,540 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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