A lower share of households in social housing than 95% of compared French towns, at 2.5%
In Bassan, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The town counted 2,383 residents and 1,100 households at the 2023 Census. Second homes: 5.9% of the total. Few places have so few households without a car: 7% here, fewer than in 73% 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 Bassan
Growing fast
Bassan had 1,793 residents at the 2012 census and 2,383 in 2023, up 33%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+33% since 2012, a pace 97% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +18%, and from 2017 to 2023 +13%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hérault town +13%.
Bassan ranks above 74% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bassan 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Bassan’s residents are over 45, older than in 57% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
7.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 82% 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 third of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Average household size: 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%.
11% of homes are flats, fewer than in 86% 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
In the last two years, 15% of households moved in; at the other end, 20% have stayed 30 years or more. 5% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 75% of compared French towns. Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town.
€25,530 a year: the median standard of living
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 Bassan’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,530 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 54% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 13.0%.
Above 85% of compared French towns: 41% of households are headed by a retired person
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Bassan, 6.9%. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. For Bassan, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 10%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 70% of compared French towns: 2.7%
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 5.4% of residents are immigrants in Bassan. That is lower than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% 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.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 45% of residents 15 and over are married in Bassan. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 67% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 29% in Bassan. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 20th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,383 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Bassan, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassan | 45 | 26% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Boujan-sur-Libron 3,619 · 2.7 mi | 49.6 | 31% | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| Servian 5,517 · 2.9 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 5.9% | 6.5% |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 4.3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 13% | 6.5% |
| Lignan-sur-Orb 3,227 · 4.5 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.9% |
| Magalas 3,582 · 4.5 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 18% | 6.4% |
| Béziers 81,545 · 4.5 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 4.3% | 17% |
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 Bassan
What is the population of Bassan?
2,383 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 33% more than in 2012 (1,793).
How old are Bassan’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bassan?
72, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bassan?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 64 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bassan?
€25,530 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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