67% of households are one person living alone, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 33% of households are headed by a manual worker here. The 2023 Census put Celles’s population at 26, in 13 households. For Celles, the census puts empty homes at 6.1%. The median age locally is 49.5, higher than in just over 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.
What stands out about the people of Celles
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 3 second homes and occasional dwellings in Celles, 18% of its 18 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 50% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
67% of Celles’ households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 0% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Celles had 29 residents at the 2012 census and 26 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
63% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 25% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
18% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% 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
Turnover: 6.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 13% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. By its share of flats (33%), Celles is above 55% of compared French towns.
Celles changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, behind 97% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Hérault town +13%.
Below 57% of compared French towns: 10% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Celles 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
62% women, 38% men
About 61 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 33% in Celles, more than in 99% 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
The typical household size is 1.9 people. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
The largest group of households: intermediate occupations (33%)
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 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).
Celles ranks above 72% of compared French towns on immigrants: 10%
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.
Foreign nationals: 6.9% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Celles sits below 99% of compared French towns for married residents (16%)
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: 40% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns: 63%
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
Adults with no qualification are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 26 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.
Older than Celles: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celles | 49.5 | 0% | 18% | 10% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 4.2 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 5.2 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 7.2 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Canet 3,619 · 7.6 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 9.4 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
| Paulhan 4,039 · 10 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 4% | 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 Celles
What is the population of Celles?
26 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (29).
How old are Celles’ residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 0% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Celles?
3, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Celles?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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