1.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. Cessenon-sur-Orb’s 1,130 households held 2,410 residents at the 2023 Census. 3.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 26.
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 Cessenon-sur-Orb
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 310 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cessenon-sur-Orb, 20% of its 1,530 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Cessenon-sur-Orb’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cessenon-sur-Orb sits above 93% of compared French towns for second homes (20%)
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 21%. Few places have as many households without a car: 12% here, more than in 58% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 6.4%.
From 2012 to 2023, Cessenon-sur-Orb outgrew 79% of compared French towns: +14%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +8%, and from 2017 to 2023 +6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hérault town +13%.
Older than 87% of compared French towns: half of Cessenon-sur-Orb is over 51.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cessenon-sur-Orb 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In Cessenon-sur-Orb, 29% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 93% of compared French towns: 6.5%
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
Households here average 2.1 people each. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Cessenon-sur-Orb sits lower than 58% of compared French towns: 24%. With one-person households at 34%, Cessenon-sur-Orb is behind 54% of compared French towns on that count.
Median living standard: €24,410 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 €24,410 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns. Some 17.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 88% of compared French towns, at 42%
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 manual worker is 14%; Cessenon-sur-Orb has 11%. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.9% of residents are immigrants, more than in 60% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Cessenon-sur-Orb has 5.5%. Against that, 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.
Single residents make up 21% in Cessenon-sur-Orb, less than in 87% 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
Here 45% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Cessenon-sur-Orb has 23%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,410 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Cessenon-sur-Orb sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cessenon-sur-Orb | 51.1 | 29% | 20% | 7.9% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 4.6 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5,261 · 4.7 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 6% | 5% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 5.7 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 6.2 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 13% | 6.5% |
| Lignan-sur-Orb 3,227 · 7.6 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.9% |
| Maraussan 4,789 · 7.8 mi | 44.4 | 23% | 2.8% | 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 Cessenon-sur-Orb
What is the population of Cessenon-sur-Orb?
2,410 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (2,123).
How old are Cessenon-sur-Orb’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cessenon-sur-Orb?
310, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cessenon-sur-Orb?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cessenon-sur-Orb?
€24,410 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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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