Photo: IngolfBLN · CC BY-SA 2.0Empty homes make up 3.6% in Lattes, less than in 91% of compared French towns
In Lattes, 6.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 17,351 people lived here, in 8,750 households. 6% of households are headed by a manual worker. Higher than in 75% of compared French towns: 27% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Lattes grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 71% 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%.
Older than 73% of compared French towns: half of Lattes is over 47.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lattes 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
18% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 81% 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
Here 11% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. The share of one-person households stands at 42%. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Lattes, 51% of homes are flats, more than in 76% 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
Here 3.2% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 7.6%, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €29,720 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,720 a year: higher than in 83% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 11.0% of residents are below the line.
Lattes: 19% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 87% 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
33% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. Typically, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.9% of Lattes’ 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.
That is higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. About one in 27: that is how common foreign nationals are in Lattes (3.7%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 41% of residents 15 and over are married
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Lattes. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 11%
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
With graduates of higher education at 46%, Lattes is ahead of 89% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 16,756 to 17,979
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
L'Isle-d'Abeau is the youngest (33.3); La Baule-Escoublac the oldest (60.4).
Older than Lattes: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lattes | 47.7 | 27% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Pérols 9,615 · 2.5 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| Palavas-les-Flots 6,133 · 3.3 mi | 59.9 | 42% | 50% | 5.3% |
| Montpellier 310,240 · 3.4 mi | 32.1 | 15% | 4.5% | 19% |
| Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone 10,872 · 3.5 mi | 41.8 | 17% | 4.1% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Védas 13,328 · 3.8 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 3.6% | 7.5% |
| Castelnau-le-Lez 26,058 · 4.5 mi | 37.7 | 19% | 2.9% | 11% |
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 Lattes
What is the population of Lattes?
17,351 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (15,719).
How old are Lattes’ residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lattes?
300, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lattes?
INSEE counts 1,200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 640 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lattes?
€29,720 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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