Half of Lagamas is over 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. A fifth of households are headed by a retired person. There were 52 households in Lagamas at the 2023 Census, home to 111 residents. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in the town, 30%.
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 Lagamas
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lagamas, 29% of its 84 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 54% 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 Lagamas’ residents are under 56.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lagamas: 29% of homes are second homes, above 95% 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
The figure for empty homes is 9.6% in Lagamas and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Here, 23% of homes are flats. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
+1% since 2012: slower than 66% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Hérault town +13%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lagamas 56.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Lagamas has 28%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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 30% in Lagamas, less than in 77% 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
A fifth of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
A median standard of living of €27,200 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 Lagamas is €27,200 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
Only 10% of households are headed by a manual worker in Lagamas
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
Lagamas has more households headed by a manager or professional than 53% of compared French towns, at 10%. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.3% of residents in Lagamas 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.
Foreign nationals: 3.6% of the total. That is lower than in 52% 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.
In Lagamas, 16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
47% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 14% 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
Graduates of higher education make up about one in three here (30%). As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (111 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Lagamas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagamas | 56.3 | 28% | 29% | 6.3% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 1.9 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 2 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Aniane 2,979 · 3.1 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| Canet 3,619 · 5 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 5.7 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Montarnaud 4,208 · 8.8 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 1.7% | 7.4% |
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 Lagamas
What is the population of Lagamas?
111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (110).
How old are Lagamas’ residents?
The median age is 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lagamas?
24, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lagamas?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lagamas?
€27,200 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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