Cesseras is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.1
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 10% of homes are flats in Cesseras. This Hérault town had 435 residents in 210 households at the 2023 census. In Cesseras, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). 15% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 90% 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 Cesseras
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 93 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cesseras, 26% of its 360 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 91% 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 Cesseras’ residents are under 56.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Cesseras had 359 residents at the 2012 census and 435 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 52 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cesseras sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (26%)
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: 15% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Higher than in 95% of compared French towns: 14% of homes stand empty. Households without a car make up 9.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Cesseras’s population changed by +21% since 2012, more than in 92% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +9%, and from 2017 to 2023 +11%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hérault town +13%.
6.4% of residents are 15 to 24, below 98% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cesseras 56.1. The median compared French town: 44.
29% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 14% 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
Each household has 2 people on average. At 32%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 65% of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €21,300 a year per consumption unit
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 median standard of living in Cesseras is €21,300 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 87% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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%; Cesseras has 38%. Measured more widely, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Here, one in ten households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Cesseras, 13% of residents are immigrants, more than in 81% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Cesseras has 11%. 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.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Cesseras
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
At 42%, the share of married residents is lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 23% in Cesseras, more than in 71% 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
Graduates of higher education account for 29%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 435 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Cesseras
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesseras | 56.1 | 29% | 26% | 13% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 9.1 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 12.5 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 13.1 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 15.3 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 15.6 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 16.3 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
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 Cesseras
What is the population of Cesseras?
435 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (359).
How old are Cesseras’ residents?
The median age is 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cesseras?
93, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cesseras?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cesseras?
€21,300 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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