Mireval sits below 92% of compared French towns for households in social housing (3.6%)
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Mireval has 7%. This Hérault town counted 3,301 residents and 1,460 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 4.8% of homes stand empty. The median age here is 48.3, higher than in just over three quarters 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.
A change of +1% since 2012 leaves Mireval behind 66% 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
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then +1% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +13% in Hérault.
9.5% of residents are 15 to 24, below 73% 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
■ Mireval 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Mireval has 24%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 30% in Mireval, less than in 75% 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 make up 9.3%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.2 people. At 26%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 57% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Only 20% of homes are flats in Mireval
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
Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town. 3.8% of homes are second homes, more than in 70% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for flats is 30% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €27,260 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 €27,260 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 64% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 10.0%.
Only 11% of households are headed by a manual worker in Mireval
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
Households headed by a retired person make up 35%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. More households headed by a manager or professional than in 67% of compared French towns: 13%. Set beside that, 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).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 62% of compared French towns: 3.2%
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.
In Mireval, 5.5% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Mireval ranks below 77% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married in Mireval. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Mireval
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
In Mireval, 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th 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 38.7 in Évry-Grégy-sur-Yerre to 61.5 in Roscoff.
Mireval 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mireval | 48.3 | 24% | 3.8% | 5.5% |
| Vic-la-Gardiole 3,428 · 1.5 mi | 45.7 | 21% | 27% | 5.8% |
| Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone 10,872 · 3.2 mi | 41.8 | 17% | 4.1% | 7.1% |
| Fabrègues 7,447 · 3.4 mi | 45 | 22% | 7% | 6.1% |
| Gigean 6,639 · 4.6 mi | 40.6 | 16% | 1.7% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Védas 13,328 · 4.9 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 3.6% | 7.5% |
| Frontignan 24,136 · 5.3 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 21% | 6.9% |
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 Mireval
What is the population of Mireval?
3,301 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (3,272).
How old are Mireval’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mireval?
61, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mireval?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mireval?
€27,260 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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