A median age of 54.5: Le Poujol-sur-Orb is older than 93% of compared French towns
7.1% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 4.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). Le Poujol-sur-Orb counted 947 residents and 490 households at the 2023 Census. Flats: 19% of the total.
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 Poujol-sur-Orb
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 83 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Poujol-sur-Orb, 11% of its 750 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 91% 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 Le Poujol-sur-Orb’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Poujol-sur-Orb had 1,033 residents at the 2012 census and 947 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 170 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Le Poujol-sur-Orb comes in at 11%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 12%.
Since 2012, Le Poujol-sur-Orb has changed by −8%, slower than 95% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +13% for the median Hérault town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then −13% to 2023.
Le Poujol-sur-Orb: 30% of residents are 65 or over, above 86% 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 Poujol-sur-Orb 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 14% of households are couples with children in Le Poujol-sur-Orb
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
Each household has 1.9 people on average. Higher than in 67% of compared French towns: 39% of households are one person living alone. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are single parents in Le Poujol-sur-Orb.
Standard of living at the median: €21,380 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 residents live in households above €21,380 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns, at 1%
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 (42%), Le Poujol-sur-Orb is above 88% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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).
4.4% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 52% 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.
Immigrants account for 7.1%. That is higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Only 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Le Poujol-sur-Orb
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 account for 43%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Le Poujol-sur-Orb, 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 87% 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
Adults with no qualification: 21% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (947 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Le Poujol-sur-Orb is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Poujol-sur-Orb | 54.5 | 30% | 11% | 7.1% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 5.5 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 10.5 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| Magalas 3,582 · 11 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 18% | 6.4% |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 12.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 13% | 6.5% |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5,261 · 13.1 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 6% | 5% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 14.7 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
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 Le Poujol-sur-Orb
What is the population of Le Poujol-sur-Orb?
947 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,033).
How old are Le Poujol-sur-Orb’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Poujol-sur-Orb?
83, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Poujol-sur-Orb?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Poujol-sur-Orb?
€21,380 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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