Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Gorniès is over 66.5
Couples with children make up 7.1%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 103 residents in 65 households. About one in 18: that is how common flats are in Gorniès (5.6%). More households headed by a manager or professional than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 14%.
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 Gorniès
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 86 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gorniès, 57% of its 150 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Gorniès’ residents are under 66.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 53% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gorniès had 114 residents at the 2012 census and 103 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Gorniès’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 32% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Gorniès ranks above 98% of compared French towns on second homes: 57%
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
One household in 10 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%.
Slower than most: −10% since 2012, behind 97% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +11%; 2017 to 2023, −19%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Hérault town +13%.
In Gorniès, 53% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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
■ Gorniès 66.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Gorniès has 3.5%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 50% in Gorniès, more than in 94% 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 average 1.6 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €25,860 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 Gorniès’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,860 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
57% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
14% of Gorniès’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 57% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.4% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 52% 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.
Census figures put immigrants at 7.1% in Gorniès. That is higher than in 54% 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.
Single residents: 19%, a lower share than 96% 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
Here 47% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Above 72% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Just over a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 103 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 66.5 in Gorniès.
No nearby town is as old as Gorniès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorniès | 66.5 | 53% | 57% | 7.1% |
| Ganges 3,724 · 5.3 mi | 52.8 | 35% | 3.5% | 9.8% |
| Le Vigan 3,863 · 7 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 11% | 12% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 2,696 · 8.6 mi | 45 | 21% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort 3,737 · 12.7 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Aniane 2,979 · 14.3 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers 4,979 · 14.7 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 3.6% | 7% |
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 Gorniès
What is the population of Gorniès?
103 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (114).
How old are Gorniès’ residents?
The median age is 66.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 5.3% are under 18 and 53% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gorniès?
86, with occasional dwellings: 57% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gorniès?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gorniès?
€25,860 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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