Faugères is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.4
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Faugères has 4%. Households in social housing make up about one in 63 here (1.6%). On flats, Faugères sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 3.1%. This Hérault town counted 548 residents and 270 households 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 Faugères
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Faugères, 28% of its 420 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Faugères’ residents are under 53.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 28% of homes are second homes
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: 9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 15% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Faugères has changed by +1%, slower than 65% 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
The median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −5% and the next six +6%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of compared French towns, at 7.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Faugères 53.4. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 1.8% in Faugères, less than in 99% of compared French towns
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 people each. Faugères has more one-person households than 64% of compared French towns, at 39%. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 23% in the town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,450 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.
The median standard of living in Faugères is €23,450 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Only 3.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Faugères
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Faugères comes in at 39%. For comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker come to 19% in the town, about two in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 6.9% in Faugères, more than in 69% 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 immigrants is 6.5%; Faugères has 8.5%. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 63% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. The wider picture: 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.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, below 81% 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
Single residents are rarer here than in 52% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 71% of compared French towns, at 36%
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
Adults with no qualification: 17% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 548 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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 Faugères
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faugères | 53.4 | 31% | 28% | 8.5% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 3.5 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| Magalas 3,582 · 7 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 18% | 6.4% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 9.1 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| Caux 2,718 · 9.9 mi | 52 | 28% | 18% | 8% |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 10.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 13% | 6.5% |
| Servian 5,517 · 11.5 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 5.9% | 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 Faugères
What is the population of Faugères?
548 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (542).
How old are Faugères’ residents?
The median age is 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Faugères?
120, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Faugères?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.5% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Faugères?
€23,450 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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