Second homes: 26%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 4.1%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Still, 11% of homes stand empty, more than in 85% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Le Caylar’s population at 460, in 230 households. In Le Caylar, 43% of households are one person living alone.
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 Le Caylar
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 98 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Caylar, 26% of its 370 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 15% of homes are flats
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 households without a car (14%), Le Caylar is above 66% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing make up about one in six here (16%).
Since 2012, Le Caylar has grown +5%, faster than 51% 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 Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six +3%.
A median age of 47.2: Le Caylar is older than 70% 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
■ Le Caylar 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, above 70% of compared French towns. 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Le Caylar sits below 87% of compared French towns for couples with children (16%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Le Caylar has 15%. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.9 people.
Median standard of living: €21,270 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 Le Caylar is €21,270 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
In Le Caylar, 44% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 91% 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
In Le Caylar, 6.5% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 60% of compared French towns, at 7.9%
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 higher than in 60% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 19 here (5.3%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 34% 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Le Caylar, 34%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns, at 22%
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 Le Caylar, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 460 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).
Nearby, 2 of 4 towns have older populations than Le Caylar
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Caylar | 47.2 | 22% | 26% | 7.9% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 8.9 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
| Le Vigan 3,863 · 17 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 11% | 12% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 17.1 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 17.5 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
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 Le Caylar
What is the population of Le Caylar?
460 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (438).
How old are Le Caylar’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Caylar?
98, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Caylar?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (5.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Caylar?
€21,270 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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