In Baillargues, 5.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Half of Baillargues’s residents are under 40.5, younger than in 76% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 7,829 people lived locally, in 3,530 households. The census found that nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the town.
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 Baillargues
Growing fast
Baillargues had 6,548 residents at the 2012 census and 7,829 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 90% of compared French towns: Baillargues changed by +20% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +18%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Hérault town +13%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 69% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Baillargues 40.5. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Baillargues sits above 64% of compared French towns for couples with children (28%)
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 share of single-parent households trails 70% of compared French towns: 8.8%. What’s more, just over a third of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 56% of compared French towns. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.2 people each.
Empty homes: 5.4%, a lower share than 68% 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
16% of households arrived within the last two years, while 17% have stayed 30 years or more. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Baillargues has more second homes than 59% of compared French towns, at 2.8%. By its share of flats (32%), Baillargues is above 54% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €28,150 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 €28,150 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 72% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 11.0% of residents.
Households headed by a retired person: 28%, a lower share than 76% 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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 11% in Baillargues and 14% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 57% of compared French towns: 7.5%
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.
On the census count, 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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 Baillargues, 42% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 57% 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
In Baillargues, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Baillargues sits above 83% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (42%)
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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Baillargues has 13%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (7,747 to 7,921 people), the 10th 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 Corte (28.3), the youngest, and Lège-Cap-Ferret (57.7), the oldest.
Baillargues is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baillargues | 40.5 | 19% | 2.8% | 7.5% |
| Saint-Brès 3,623 · 1.1 mi | 39.4 | 16% | 1% | 5% |
| Mudaison 3,009 · 1.7 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 2.9% | 5.6% |
| Castries 6,883 · 1.9 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 3.6% | 5.7% |
| Vendargues 7,262 · 2.1 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Saint-Aunès 4,530 · 2.8 mi | 40 | 17% | 0.8% | 7.6% |
| Lansargues 3,233 · 3.1 mi | 43.8 | 20% | 3.6% | 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 Baillargues
What is the population of Baillargues?
7,829 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (6,548).
How old are Baillargues’ residents?
The median age is 40.5, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Baillargues?
110, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Baillargues?
INSEE counts 580 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 300 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Baillargues?
€28,150 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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