Photo: Flip · CC BY-SA 4.0Boujan-sur-Libron sits below 87% of compared French towns for couples with children (16%)
Half of Boujan-sur-Libron’s residents are over 49.6, older than in 82% of compared French towns. Households without a car account for 5.9%. The town had 3,619 residents in 1,700 households at the 2023 Census. By its share of empty homes (4.7%), Boujan-sur-Libron is below nearly four fifths 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.
Since 2012, Boujan-sur-Libron has grown +15%, faster than 81% of compared French towns
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: +7% from 2012 to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 31% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boujan-sur-Libron 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Boujan-sur-Libron, 8.3%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
Boujan-sur-Libron ranks above 97% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 16%
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
There are 2 people in the average household. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households are more common here than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households in social housing make up 8% in Boujan-sur-Libron, less than in 71% 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 17 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). The wider picture: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 3.5% of the total. At 29%, the share of flats is lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €25,330 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.
Living standards centre on €25,330 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 14.0% of residents.
In Boujan-sur-Libron, 10% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 77% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Boujan-sur-Libron has 34%. Few places have as many households headed by a manager or professional: 14% here, more than in 73% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.7% in Boujan-sur-Libron, less than in 76% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 76% 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.
Married residents: 39%, a lower share than 75% 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
Single residents account for 25%. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Boujan-sur-Libron, 33%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 3,594 to 3,648
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 Lizy-sur-Ourcq (37.6), the youngest, and Plestin-les-Grèves (61.5), the oldest.
Around Boujan-sur-Libron, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boujan-sur-Libron | 49.6 | 31% | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| Béziers 81,545 · 2 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 4.3% | 17% |
| Lignan-sur-Orb 3,227 · 3.9 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.9% |
| Villeneuve-lès-Béziers 4,500 · 4 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 8.1% | 7.3% |
| Cers 2,503 · 4.5 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 6% |
| Maraussan 4,789 · 4.6 mi | 44.4 | 23% | 2.8% | 5% |
| Servian 5,517 · 4.8 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 5.9% | 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 Boujan-sur-Libron
What is the population of Boujan-sur-Libron?
3,619 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (3,151).
How old are Boujan-sur-Libron’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 82% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boujan-sur-Libron?
65, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boujan-sur-Libron?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 89 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boujan-sur-Libron?
€25,330 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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