Only 3.1% of homes are flats in Le Pradal
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 7% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 14. The 2023 Census counted 319 residents in 140 households. Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Le Pradal has 3%.
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 Pradal
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Pradal, 10% of its 170 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 94% 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.
Households without a car: 4.2%, a lower share than 93% 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
Turnover: 5.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 16% have lived in their home 30 years or more. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 10% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 88% of compared French towns.
A +8% change since 2012: Le Pradal grew faster than 64% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Hérault town +13%.
A median age of 49.2: Le Pradal is older than 80% 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 Pradal 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are one person living alone, below 83% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 30% of households are couples with children in Le Pradal.
Half above, half below €25,830 a year in standard of living
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 €25,830 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
In Le Pradal, 10% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 75% 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 35% of households are headed by a retired person in Le Pradal. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% 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 immigrants, below 69% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Le Pradal has 2.5%. Against that, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Le Pradal comes in at 51%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Le Pradal ranks below 94% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Le Pradal comes in at 36%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Le Pradal is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Pradal | 49.2 | 28% | 10% | 4.4% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 3 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| Magalas 3,582 · 12.3 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 18% | 6.4% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 13 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 13.1 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 14.8 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 13% | 6.5% |
| Caux 2,718 · 15.5 mi | 52 | 28% | 18% | 8% |
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 Pradal
What is the population of Le Pradal?
319 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (295).
How old are Le Pradal’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Pradal?
17, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Pradal?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Pradal?
€25,830 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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