In Mauguio, 31% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Here 6.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Mauguio counted 16,522 residents and 8,250 households at the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 29%. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 6.4%, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns.
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 Mauguio
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 4,050 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mauguio, 31% of its 13,080 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 9.5% 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.
Mauguio ranks above 81% of compared French towns on flats: 57%
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
In the last two years, 11% of households moved in; at the other end, 19% have stayed 30 years or more. 8.9% of households have no car, fewer than in 60% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 76% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Hérault town +13%. The change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
Mauguio is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mauguio 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.9% in Mauguio and 11% 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.
A smaller share of couples with children than 75% of compared French towns: 20%
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
The average household has 2 people. Few places have as many single-parent households: 12% here, more than in 78% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 40% of households are one person living alone in Mauguio.
The median resident lives on €27,800 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,800 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 69% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 12.0% of residents.
In Mauguio, 39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 81% 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
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.7% of residents in Mauguio 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 just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. Here, 4.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 53% of compared French towns: 26%
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
For Mauguio, the census puts married residents at 43%. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 73% of compared French towns: 37%
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
15% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th 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.
Ages run from 35.4 in Saint-Julien-en-Genevois to 60.4 in La Baule-Escoublac.
No nearby town is as old as Mauguio
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauguio | 50.5 | 29% | 31% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Aunès 4,530 · 3.3 mi | 40 | 17% | 0.8% | 7.6% |
| Pérols 9,615 · 3.6 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| Mudaison 3,009 · 3.6 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 2.9% | 5.6% |
| Baillargues 7,829 · 4.1 mi | 40.5 | 19% | 2.8% | 7.5% |
| Vendargues 7,262 · 4.3 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Le Crès 9,226 · 4.8 mi | 44.5 | 24% | 1.2% | 6.8% |
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 Mauguio
What is the population of Mauguio?
16,522 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (16,786).
How old are Mauguio’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mauguio?
4,050, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mauguio?
INSEE counts 1,100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 720 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mauguio?
€27,800 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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