Photo: Eddy Circhirello · CC BY-SA 3.0More second homes than 83% of compared French towns: 7%
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Fabrègues is home to 7,447 residents in 3,390 households, by the 2023 Census. Households without a car: 6.8% of the total. Lower than in 73% of compared French towns: 9.5% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Fabrègues
Growing fast
Fabrègues had 6,290 residents at the 2012 census and 7,447 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +18% change since 2012: Fabrègues grew faster than 88% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Hérault town +13%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +12%; 2017 to 2023, +6%.
A median age of 45: Fabrègues is older than 57% 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
■ Fabrègues 45. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 65 and over, Fabrègues sits lower than 54% of compared French towns: 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 64% of compared French towns: 32%
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 26%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 56% of compared French towns. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 10%.
Households in social housing make up 5% in Fabrègues, less than in 86% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Fabrègues has 25%. Against that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. For Fabrègues, the census puts empty homes at 5.5%.
€27,770 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.
At €27,770 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 69% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 10.0% of residents are below the line.
In Fabrègues, 34% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 60% of compared French towns
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 manager or professional make up 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.1% of residents are foreign nationals, below 63% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. Across Fabrègues, 6.1% of residents are immigrants. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 23% in Fabrègues, less than in 70% 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
The share of married residents tops 61% of compared French towns: 44%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, a lower share than 74% 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
36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 7,350 to 7,550 people, the 18th youngest
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 Gières (36), the youngest, and Saujon (59.6), the oldest.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Fabrègues
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabrègues | 45 | 22% | 7% | 6.1% |
| Pignan 8,431 · 2.4 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.8% | 5.8% |
| Lavérune 3,302 · 2.6 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 1.3% | 7.4% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Védas 13,328 · 2.9 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 3.6% | 7.5% |
| Cournonterral 7,359 · 3 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 2% | 6.1% |
| Mireval 3,301 · 3.4 mi | 48.3 | 24% | 3.8% | 5.5% |
| Cournonsec 3,616 · 3.7 mi | 40.5 | 16% | 1.6% | 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 Fabrègues
What is the population of Fabrègues?
7,447 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (6,290).
How old are Fabrègues’ residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fabrègues?
270, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fabrègues?
INSEE counts 450 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 230 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fabrègues?
€27,770 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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