Aumelas: 12% of homes are second homes, above 89% of compared French towns
The share of flats trails 92% of compared French towns: 7.4%. In 2023, the Census found 624 residents in Aumelas, living in 280 households. The census found that 27% of households are one person living alone locally. 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 Aumelas
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aumelas, 12% of its 330 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Aumelas had 504 residents at the 2012 census and 624 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
6.9% of households have no car, fewer than in 74% 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 15 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Locally, 5.9% of homes stand empty.
Faster growth than 93% of compared French towns: Aumelas changed by +24% since 2012
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, +4% to 2017 and +19% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +13% in Hérault.
Aumelas ranks below 93% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aumelas 47. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Aumelas is 47, higher than in 69% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 21%. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 69% of compared French towns: 29%
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
The average household has 2.3 people. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Fewer single-parent households than in 52% of compared French towns: 9.9%.
A typical living standard of €27,440 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,440 a year: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Aumelas sits below 79% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (27%)
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Aumelas. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Aumelas, 3.1% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 63% 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.
The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 52% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. In Aumelas, 6.7% of residents are immigrants.
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 73% 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. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Above 85% of compared French towns: 43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Aumelas comes in at 12%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 624 to 2,582 people
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.
Aumelas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aumelas | 47 | 21% | 12% | 6.7% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 5 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
| Saint-Pargoire 2,501 · 5.5 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 6.3% | 2.8% |
| Canet 3,619 · 5.6 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Villeveyrac 3,972 · 6.1 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 4.1% | 3.1% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 6.2 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Cournonsec 3,616 · 6.2 mi | 40.5 | 16% | 1.6% | 5% |
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 Aumelas
What is the population of Aumelas?
624 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (504).
How old are Aumelas’ residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aumelas?
40, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aumelas?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aumelas?
€27,440 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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