Photo: Renardo la vulpo · CC0Above 92% of compared French towns: 14% of households are single parents
With empty homes at 11%, Clermont-l'Hérault is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. Higher than in 75% of compared French towns: 50% of homes are flats. Its 4,470 households held 9,461 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of households in social housing stands at 16%.
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.
Faster growth than 82% of compared French towns: Clermont-l'Hérault changed by +15% since 2012
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
Here the change came as +8% to 2017, then +7% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +13% in Hérault.
24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 62% 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
■ Clermont-l'Hérault 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. The median age in Clermont-l'Hérault is 44.3, higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
45% of households are one person living alone, a share 83% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Couples with children: 19%, below 78% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Households here average 2 people each.
16% of households have no car, a share 73% 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
By its share of second homes (3.9%), Clermont-l'Hérault is above 70% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%.
A typical living standard of €21,320 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.
Half of residents live in households above €21,320 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 92% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 28.0% of residents.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 79% of compared French towns: 9.5%
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 manager or professional is 9.4%; Clermont-l'Hérault has 7.9%. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 34% here. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 65% of compared French towns: 6.2%
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 Clermont-l'Hérault, 8.3%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 62% 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 married residents than 86% of compared French towns: 36%
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 30%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 64% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 9,318 to 9,600 people
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 Lesquin (37.4), the oldest Carqueiranne (57.9).
Around Clermont-l'Hérault, 2 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clermont-l'Hérault | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Canet 3,619 · 3.4 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 4 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 6.3 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
| Paulhan 4,039 · 6.3 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 4% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Pargoire 2,501 · 8.4 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 6.3% | 2.8% |
| Aniane 2,979 · 8.8 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 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 Clermont-l'Hérault
What is the population of Clermont-l'Hérault?
9,461 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (8,221).
How old are Clermont-l'Hérault’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Clermont-l'Hérault?
210, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Clermont-l'Hérault?
INSEE counts 780 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 590 foreign nationals (6.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Clermont-l'Hérault?
€21,320 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 28.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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