Nébian sits below 97% of compared French towns for households in social housing (1.8%)
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Nébian has 8.3%. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 16% here. Lower than in 78% of compared French towns: 6.3% of households have no car. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,634, in 710 households.
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 Nébian
Growing fast
Nébian had 1,358 residents at the 2012 census and 1,634 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +20% since 2012, faster than 91% 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 +2% and the next six +18%.
Nébian ranks below 73% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Nébian 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.5%), Nébian is below 73% of compared French towns. Add to that, with a median age of 42.4, Nébian is younger than 63% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Nébian: 13% of households are single parents, above 89% 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
Households average 2.3 people. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Couples with children: 27% here and 25% in the typical compared French town.
More second homes than 85% of compared French towns: 7.9%
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 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 8.4%, more than in two thirds of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €23,950 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 €23,950 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a retired person, below 86% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 15% of the total. 16% of Nébian’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 24% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.1% of residents in Nébian 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.
The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.1% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals: 3.9%, near enough the figure 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.
Fewer married residents than 51% of compared French towns: 43%
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
Single residents are rarer here than in 54% of compared French towns.
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
Adults with no qualification: 15% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,634 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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 3 of the 6 around it: Nébian
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nébian | 42.4 | 19% | 7.9% | 6.1% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 1.6 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Canet 3,619 · 2.7 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 4.6 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Paulhan 4,039 · 4.7 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 4% | 6.1% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 6.7 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
| Saint-Pargoire 2,501 · 7 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 6.3% | 2.8% |
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 Nébian
What is the population of Nébian?
1,634 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (1,358).
How old are Nébian’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nébian?
67, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nébian?
INSEE counts 99 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 64 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nébian?
€23,950 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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