Half of Cabrerolles is over 53.5, older than 92% of compared French towns
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Cabrerolles has 2.9%. Census figures put households in social housing at 0.5% locally. The town has fewer households headed by a manual worker than 95% of compared French towns, at 5.5%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 343, in 170 households.
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 Cabrerolles
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cabrerolles, 36% of its 290 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Cabrerolles’ residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
36% of homes are second homes, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Cabrerolles has 4.4%. Here, 7.2% of homes stand empty. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
Cabrerolles changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 77% 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
Over those years, the median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −4%, then +2% to 2023.
Cabrerolles sits below 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.5%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cabrerolles 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Cabrerolles, 26%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
Couples with children: 21%, a lower share than 68% 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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are single parents in Cabrerolles. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Average household size: 2 people. 36% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 52% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €23,080 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,080 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
5.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 79% 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
Households headed by a retired person make up 34%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
8.8% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Cabrerolles, 9.3%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 67% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 73% of compared French towns: 23%
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
The share of married residents tops 63% of compared French towns: 45%. As a reference point, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 60% of compared French towns: 17%
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 Cabrerolles, 29% 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.
Of 41 French towns its size (343 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Cabrerolles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabrerolles | 53.5 | 26% | 36% | 9.3% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 5.7 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| Magalas 3,582 · 6.1 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 18% | 6.4% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 6.5 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 8.3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 13% | 6.5% |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5,261 · 10 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 6% | 5% |
| Lignan-sur-Orb 3,227 · 10.6 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 Cabrerolles
What is the population of Cabrerolles?
343 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (349).
How old are Cabrerolles’ residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 92% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cabrerolles?
110, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cabrerolles?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.3% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (8.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cabrerolles?
€23,080 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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