Half of Lacoste is over 54.7, older than 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 303 people lived in Lacoste, in 140 households. For Lacoste, the census puts households without a car at 3.2%. 7.3% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town.
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 Lacoste
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lacoste, 12% of its 190 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Lacoste’s residents are under 54.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 94% of compared French towns, at 5.8%
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 (12%), Lacoste is above 89% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 13% of the total.
Slower growth than 70% of compared French towns: Lacoste changed by ±0% 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
Over those years, the median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then −7% to 2023.
Lacoste: 31% of residents are 65 or over, above 88% 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
■ Lacoste 54.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.5%, below 72% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 20% of households are couples with children in Lacoste
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
The share of one-person households trails nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 32%. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,720 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.
At €28,720 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 15% in Lacoste, more than in 76% 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
Here 36% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Put another way, about one in ten: 10% of households are headed by a manual worker. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.5% of residents are immigrants, below 68% 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.
The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 2.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Lacoste, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 75% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Lacoste has 23%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns: 43%
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
13% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 303 to 2,582
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 Lacoste
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacoste | 54.7 | 31% | 12% | 4.5% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 1.4 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 3.5 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Canet 3,619 · 4.1 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 5.8 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
| Paulhan 4,039 · 7.6 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 4% | 6.1% |
| Aniane 2,979 · 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 Lacoste
What is the population of Lacoste?
303 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (303).
How old are Lacoste’s residents?
The median age is 54.7, older than 94% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lacoste?
23, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lacoste?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lacoste?
€28,720 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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