A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns, at 6.5%
Households without a car are rarer here than in 76% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 9,226 residents in 4,140 households. For Le Crès, the census puts empty homes at 4.8%. In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; locally, 24%.
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.
Faster growth than 68% of compared French towns: Le Crès changed by +9% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Hérault town +13%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +11%; 2017 to 2023, −1%.
9.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 71% 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 Crès 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Le Crès is 44.5, higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Couples with children: 28%, a higher share than 63% 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
Nearly one in ten households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Add to that, on one-person households, Le Crès sits lower than 58% of compared French towns: 34%. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Le Crès, 32% of homes are flats, more than in 54% 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
One in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 22% have stayed 30 years or more. Fewer second homes than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 1.2%. Where 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Le Crès has 11%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €29,080 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 Le Crès’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,080 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 79% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 10.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 16% in Le Crès, more than in 80% 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
Here 34% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. The wider picture: 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).
6.8% of residents in Le Crès 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.
Locally, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals. Le Crès has more immigrants than 52% of compared French towns, at 6.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 75% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Married residents: 45%, above just over two thirds of compared French towns. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 45% in Le Crès, more than in 88% of compared French towns
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 14%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
16th highest median age among 41 French towns of 9,062 to 9,388
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Vert-Saint-Denis is the youngest (35.7); Sarzeau the oldest (63.6).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Le Crès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Crès | 44.5 | 24% | 1.2% | 6.8% |
| Jacou 6,924 · 1.3 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 9.4% |
| Saint-Aunès 4,530 · 1.6 mi | 40 | 17% | 0.8% | 7.6% |
| Vendargues 7,262 · 1.8 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Castelnau-le-Lez 26,058 · 1.8 mi | 37.7 | 19% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Teyran 4,787 · 2.1 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 1.2% | 3.6% |
| Clapiers 6,006 · 2.5 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 1.9% | 7.2% |
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 Crès
What is the population of Le Crès?
9,226 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (8,430).
How old are Le Crès’ residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Crès?
52, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Crès?
INSEE counts 620 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 310 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Crès?
€29,080 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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