37% of households are couples with children, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
The share of households in social housing is 3.8%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. On residents aged 15 to 24, Bélarga sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 7.1%. This Hérault town had 664 residents in 270 households at the 2023 census. For Bélarga, the census puts households without a car at 6%.
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 Bélarga
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bélarga, 10% of its 340 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Bélarga had 452 residents at the 2012 census and 664 in 2023, up 47%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bélarga sits above 88% of compared French towns for second homes (10%)
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 typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Bélarga has 10%. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats make up about one in 13 here (7.8%).
From 2012 to 2023, Bélarga outgrew 99% of compared French towns: +47%
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: +40% from 2012 to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
A median age of 40.4: Bélarga is younger than 77% 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
■ Bélarga 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Bélarga.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 27% in Bélarga, less than in 90% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Bélarga has 13%. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Households here average 2.5 people each.
Median standard of living: €23,800 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.
At €23,800 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Bélarga sits below 80% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5.6%)
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
At 15%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 58% of compared French towns. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. 32% 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 5.9% of Bélarga’s 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. Locally, 3.5% 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.
Bélarga sits below 97% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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
Married residents: 46% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 13% in Bélarga, less than in 82% 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
Higher than in 52% of compared French towns: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 664 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.
No nearby town is as young as Bélarga
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bélarga | 40.4 | 20% | 10% | 5.9% |
| Paulhan 4,039 · 1.5 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 4% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Pargoire 2,501 · 2.4 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 6.3% | 2.8% |
| Canet 3,619 · 3.7 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Montagnac 4,515 · 4.9 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 7.5% | 12% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 6.2 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 6.7 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
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 Bélarga
What is the population of Bélarga?
664 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 47% more than in 2012 (452).
How old are Bélarga’s residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bélarga?
34, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bélarga?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bélarga?
€23,800 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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