Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Berlou is over 57
The figure for one-person households is 23% in Berlou and 35% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 211, in 100 households. Locally, nearly two thirds of households are headed by a retired person. 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 Berlou
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 86 second homes and occasional dwellings in Berlou, 43% of its 200 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Berlou’s residents are under 57 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 43% in Berlou, more than in 97% 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 typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Berlou has 6.9%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 4.8% of the total. This Hérault town has fewer empty homes than 54% of compared French towns, at 6.4%.
Faster growth than 58% of compared French towns: Berlou changed by +7% 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
The change was +3% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Hérault town +13%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 40%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Berlou 57. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (5.2%), Berlou is below 99% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 72% of compared French towns: 20%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
Median living standard: €23,020 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 €23,020 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (66%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are immigrants, more than in 75% 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.
In Berlou, 6.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 62% of residents 15 and over are married
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 15% in Berlou. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Berlou, less than in 90% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 34%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 211 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).
Berlou 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlou | 57 | 40% | 43% | 11% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 9.4 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 9.9 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5,261 · 9.9 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 6% | 5% |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 11.7 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 13% | 6.5% |
| Capestang 3,514 · 12.2 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.6% | 9% |
| Lignan-sur-Orb 3,227 · 13.1 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.9% |
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 Berlou
What is the population of Berlou?
211 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (198).
How old are Berlou’s residents?
The median age is 57, older than 96% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berlou?
86, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berlou?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Berlou?
€23,020 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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