Lauroux is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.6
5.2% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Households headed by a retired person: 51% of the total. Lower than in 85% of compared French towns: 17% of households are couples with children. There were 110 households in Lauroux at the 2023 Census, home to 214 residents.
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 Lauroux
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 60 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lauroux, 32% of its 190 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Lauroux’s residents are under 57.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
A quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.8% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. By its share of households without a car (4.9%), Lauroux is below 88% of compared French towns.
Growth of +8% since 2012 puts Lauroux ahead of 61% 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
Over those years, the median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then +7% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 3.2%, a lower share than 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
■ Lauroux 57.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 96% of compared French towns: 37%. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 79% of compared French towns: 43%
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 typical household size is 1.9 people. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,800 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 Lauroux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,800 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 12%, a lower share than 61% 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
On the census count, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Elsewhere, 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).
Immigrants: 4%, a lower share than 73% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Lauroux. Elsewhere, 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.
Lauroux sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (16%)
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 45% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Lauroux ranks below 60% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 27%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Lauroux. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 214 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Lauroux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauroux | 57.6 | 37% | 32% | 4% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 3.1 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 12.2 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 13 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 13.7 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Canet 3,619 · 15.2 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 15.3 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
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 Lauroux
What is the population of Lauroux?
214 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (199).
How old are Lauroux’s residents?
The median age is 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lauroux?
60, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lauroux?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lauroux?
€23,800 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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