Buzignargues: 37% of households are couples with children, above 96% of compared French towns
In Buzignargues, 1.8% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 378, in 160 households. 3.5% of homes stand empty, or about one in 29. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 89% 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 Buzignargues
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 6% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Buzignargues had 271 residents at the 2012 census and 378 in 2023, up 39%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
50% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 14% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Buzignargues’s population changed by +39% since 2012, more than in 99% 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
The median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +24% and the next six +12%.
Younger than 82% of compared French towns: half of Buzignargues is under 39.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Buzignargues 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 6% of households are single parents
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 2.4 people in the average household. On one-person households, Buzignargues sits lower than 78% of compared French towns: 30%. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
3.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 94% 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 Buzignargues, 6.9% of homes are second homes, beside 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, 11% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 85% of compared French towns. Typically, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,400 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 €28,400 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
In Buzignargues, 3.1% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 99% 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
21% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Still, households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Buzignargues, 3.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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.
The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.6% 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.
37% of residents 15 and over are married, below 84% 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 make up 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 50% in Buzignargues, more than in 93% 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
10% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 378 to 2,582
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Buzignargues
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buzignargues | 39.5 | 15% | 6.9% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Drézéry 3,006 · 3 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 1.5% | 3.8% |
| Restinclières 2,612 · 3.8 mi | 38 | 13% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Sussargues 2,840 · 4.1 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 3.8% | 3.9% |
| Sommières 5,073 · 4.2 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 4.8% | 9.7% |
| Castries 6,883 · 6.5 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 3.6% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers 4,979 · 6.8 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 3.6% | 7% |
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 Buzignargues
What is the population of Buzignargues?
378 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 39% more than in 2012 (271).
How old are Buzignargues’ residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Buzignargues?
12, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Buzignargues?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Buzignargues?
€28,400 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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