Lavérune: 20% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 88% of compared French towns
Empty homes: 4.4% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 3,302 residents in 1,460 households. Census figures put households without a car at 6.2% in Lavérune. Fewer one-person households than in 72% of compared French towns: 31%.
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 Lavérune
Growing fast
Lavérune had 2,766 residents at the 2012 census and 3,302 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 89% of compared French towns: Lavérune changed by +19% 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
The change was +17% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Hérault town +13%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4%, a lower share than 75% 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
■ Lavérune 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Lavérune’s residents are over 44.6, older than in 54% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are couples with children, more than in 66% 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
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Lavérune. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 58% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Nearly one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 23% have stayed 30 years or more. Lavérune has fewer second homes than 69% of compared French towns, at 1.3%. By way of comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €27,580 a year per consumption unit
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 €27,580 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 67% of compared French towns. 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Lavérune ranks below 87% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 7.9%
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (29%), Lavérune is below 67% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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).
7.4% of Lavérune’s 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.4% of residents are immigrants. 4.8% of residents are foreign nationals, about the same as 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 smaller share of married residents than 57% of compared French towns: 42%
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
Single residents: a quarter of the total. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 42% and 9.4%, and 5.3% are widowed.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 85% 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
In Lavérune, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,272 to 3,335 people, the 14th youngest
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 Saint-Maximin (36.4), the youngest, and Roscoff (61.5), the oldest.
Older than Lavérune: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavérune | 44.6 | 22% | 1.3% | 7.4% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Védas 13,328 · 1.3 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 3.6% | 7.5% |
| Saint-Georges-d'Orques 5,676 · 2.2 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 4.3% | 8.1% |
| Pignan 8,431 · 2.2 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.8% | 5.8% |
| Juvignac 14,055 · 2.2 mi | 37.7 | 18% | 1.5% | 13% |
| Fabrègues 7,447 · 2.6 mi | 45 | 22% | 7% | 6.1% |
| Montpellier 310,240 · 3.3 mi | 32.1 | 15% | 4.5% | 19% |
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 Lavérune
What is the population of Lavérune?
3,302 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (2,766).
How old are Lavérune’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lavérune?
20, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lavérune?
INSEE counts 250 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lavérune?
€27,580 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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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