Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Mourèze is over 53.2
3.2% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Couples with children: 16% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 176 residents and 93 households in Mourèze.
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 Mourèze
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mourèze, 24% of its 140 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 79% 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 Mourèze’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 24% of homes are second homes
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 15% of homes are flats here. In Mourèze, 6.7% of homes stand empty. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 84% 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 Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +8% and the next six −11%.
6.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Mourèze 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 28% of residents are 65 or over in Mourèze. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 77% 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. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.9 people.
€24,380 a year: the median 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.
The median standard of living in Mourèze is €24,380 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 5.3% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Mourèze, 5.3%. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.1% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 58% 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 52% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.3% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
32% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 85% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of married residents stands at 44%. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 95% of compared French towns, at 10%
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 35%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 176 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Mourèze
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mourèze | 53.2 | 28% | 24% | 6.3% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 3.7 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Canet 3,619 · 6.7 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Caux 2,718 · 7.6 mi | 52 | 28% | 18% | 8% |
| Paulhan 4,039 · 7.6 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 4% | 6.1% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 7.7 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 8.2 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
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 Mourèze
What is the population of Mourèze?
176 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (183).
How old are Mourèze’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mourèze?
33, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mourèze?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mourèze?
€24,380 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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