Murviel-lès-Montpellier ranks above 93% of compared French towns on couples with children: 35%
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 4.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. At the 2023 Census, 2,075 people lived in Murviel-lès-Montpellier, in 820 households. Households without a car account for 3.6%. Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, a lower share than in 85% 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 Murviel-lès-Montpellier
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
51% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 18% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Murviel-lès-Montpellier grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 71% 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 ±0% and the next six +10%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 79% of compared French towns: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Murviel-lès-Montpellier 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Murviel-lès-Montpellier’s residents are under 43.4, younger than in 55% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% locally, about one in ten.
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%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 96% of compared French towns: 24%
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
On average, 2.5 people share a household. Murviel-lès-Montpellier has more single-parent households than 89% of compared French towns, at 13%. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
9.9% of homes are flats, below 87% 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
Of all households, 14% moved in during the last two years and 17% have stayed three decades or more. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. 4.3% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 84% of compared French towns. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 3%.
At the median, €29,380 a year to live on
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 €29,380 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 81% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 9.0% of residents.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 25% of households are headed by a retired person
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 13%, Murviel-lès-Montpellier is ahead of 71% of compared French towns on that count. On average, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 81% of compared French towns, at 1.8%
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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 5% in Murviel-lès-Montpellier. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 64% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. To put it in context, 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.
Single residents: 22%, a lower share than 76% of compared French towns
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
Across Murviel-lès-Montpellier, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 8.4% in Murviel-lès-Montpellier, less than in 98% of compared French towns
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
Just over half of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,075 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Murviel-lès-Montpellier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murviel-lès-Montpellier | 43.4 | 18% | 3% | 5% |
| Pignan 8,431 · 1.9 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.8% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Georges-d'Orques 5,676 · 2.2 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 4.3% | 8.1% |
| Cournonterral 7,359 · 3.3 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 2% | 6.1% |
| Montarnaud 4,208 · 3.4 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 1.7% | 7.4% |
| Juvignac 14,055 · 3.5 mi | 37.7 | 18% | 1.5% | 13% |
| Lavérune 3,302 · 3.7 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 1.3% | 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 Murviel-lès-Montpellier
What is the population of Murviel-lès-Montpellier?
2,075 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,877).
How old are Murviel-lès-Montpellier’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Murviel-lès-Montpellier?
27, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Murviel-lès-Montpellier?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Murviel-lès-Montpellier?
€29,380 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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