Half of Graissessac is over 60.4, older than 98% of compared French towns
4.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 554 residents in Graissessac, living in 330 households. Locally, 3% of households rent social housing (HLM). This Hérault town has more households without a car than 81% of compared French towns, at 19%.
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 Graissessac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Graissessac, 25% of its 640 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 67% 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 Graissessac’s residents are under 60.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Graissessac had 717 residents at the 2012 census and 554 in 2023, down 23%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 150 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
23% of homes stand empty, a share 99% 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
Second homes: 25% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In Graissessac, 44% of homes are flats.
Since 2012, Graissessac has changed by −23%, slower than 99% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −9%, then −15% to 2023. Over those years, the median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 40%, a higher share than 98% 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
■ Graissessac 60.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 5.9% in Graissessac. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
Graissessac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 9.6%
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
8.4% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up about one in two here (50%).
Standard of living at the median: €18,890 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 Graissessac is €18,890 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
46% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 94% 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
Here, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 67% of compared French towns: 4.7% of 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.
3.1% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A lower share of married residents than 65% of compared French towns, at 41%
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
On the census count, just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Only 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Graissessac
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 85% of compared French towns: 27%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 554 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Graissessac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graissessac | 60.4 | 40% | 25% | 4.7% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 5.4 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 11.8 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
| Magalas 3,582 · 15.6 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 18% | 6.4% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 16.6 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 17 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Caux 2,718 · 17.9 mi | 52 | 28% | 18% | 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 Graissessac
What is the population of Graissessac?
554 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% fewer than in 2012 (717).
How old are Graissessac’s residents?
The median age is 60.4, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Graissessac?
160, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Graissessac?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Graissessac?
€18,890 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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