Photo: Olive34830 · CC BY 4.0Below 95% of compared French towns: 3.1% of homes stand empty
Here 5% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. In Clapiers, 7% of households are headed by a manual worker. At 29%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 70% of compared French towns. 6,006 residents in 2,590 households: that is Clapiers at the 2023 Census.
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 Clapiers
Many graduates
58% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 28% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +13% since 2012, faster 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hérault town +13%. The first five years brought +3%; the six to 2023, +10%.
Clapiers is older than 53% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Clapiers 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in Clapiers. More residents aged 65 and over than in 51% of compared French towns: 22%.
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%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 76% of compared French towns: 30%
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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Single-parent households are more common here than in 55% of compared French towns.
Flats make up 27% in Clapiers, less than in 55% 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
Without a car: one household in 20, against 11% in the median compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. 1.9% of homes are second homes, or about one in 53. On households in social housing, Clapiers sits higher than 54% of compared French towns: 13%.
€30,710 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,710 a year: higher than in 87% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 10.0% of residents are below the line.
Clapiers ranks above 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 22%
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
With households headed by a retired person at 29%, Clapiers is behind 69% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.2% of Clapiers’ residents are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. Put another way, about one in 27: 3.7% 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.
A larger share of married residents than 62% of compared French towns: 45%
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 single residents is 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 58%, a higher share than 97% 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
In Clapiers, 10% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 5,941 to 6,070 people, the 20th 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 La Verrière (35.4), the youngest, and Ciboure (56.7), the oldest.
Older than Clapiers: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapiers | 44.6 | 22% | 1.9% | 7.2% |
| Jacou 6,924 · 1.4 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 9.4% |
| Castelnau-le-Lez 26,058 · 1.7 mi | 37.7 | 19% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Montferrier-sur-Lez 4,135 · 1.7 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 3% | 6.5% |
| Le Crès 9,226 · 2.5 mi | 44.5 | 24% | 1.2% | 6.8% |
| Teyran 4,787 · 2.6 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 1.2% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Clément-de-Rivière 5,218 · 2.8 mi | 50.6 | 34% | 4.4% | 5.8% |
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 Clapiers
What is the population of Clapiers?
6,006 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (5,319).
How old are Clapiers’ residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 53% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Clapiers?
51, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Clapiers?
INSEE counts 430 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.2% of residents, and 220 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Clapiers?
€30,710 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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