Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM)
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 6.1%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 7.6%, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 2,495 residents in Maureilhan, living in 1,060 households. Locally, 7% of households are single parents.
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 Maureilhan
Growing fast
Maureilhan had 1,963 residents at the 2012 census and 2,495 in 2023, up 27%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +27% since 2012 puts Maureilhan ahead of 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then +19% to 2023. Over those years, the median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maureilhan 41.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Maureilhan’s residents are under 41.9, younger than in two thirds of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Locally, 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 90% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Maureilhan has 32%. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
Maureilhan: 9.4% of homes stand empty, above 75% 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 household in 12 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In Maureilhan, nearly one in ten households have no car. Few places have as many second homes: 3.6% here, more than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €25,230 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.
Living standards centre on €25,230 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 57% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 13.0% of residents are below the line.
Maureilhan ranks above 72% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 17%
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 35% of households are headed by a retired person here. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 2.6% in Maureilhan, less than in 70% 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.
The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Immigrants: 5.2% of the total. For comparison, 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 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Maureilhan
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 median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 51% and 9.3%, and 6% are widowed. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 57% of compared French towns: 28%
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 make up about one in six here (18%). Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 8th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,495 to 2,582 people
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).
Every neighbor is older than Maureilhan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maureilhan | 41.9 | 21% | 3.6% | 5.2% |
| Montady 3,990 · 1.5 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 3.2% | 5.6% |
| Maraussan 4,789 · 1.9 mi | 44.4 | 23% | 2.8% | 5% |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5,261 · 2.6 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 6% | 5% |
| Lignan-sur-Orb 3,227 · 3.1 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.9% |
| Colombiers 2,814 · 3.4 mi | 53.9 | 32% | 12% | 6.3% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 4.1 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 Maureilhan
What is the population of Maureilhan?
2,495 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 27% more than in 2012 (1,963).
How old are Maureilhan’s residents?
The median age is 41.9, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maureilhan?
44, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maureilhan?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 66 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maureilhan?
€25,230 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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