52% of homes in Pardailhan are second homes
The share of single-parent households is 17%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Flats: 1.6% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Pardailhan is home to 193 residents in 100 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Pardailhan
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pardailhan, 52% of its 230 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Pardailhan’s residents are under 53.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
3.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Pardailhan comes in at 3.2%. As a yardstick, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Turnover: one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 4% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Pardailhan’s population moved +4% on 2012, less than in 54% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +13% in Hérault.
Pardailhan is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pardailhan 53.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Pardailhan, 26%. On the census count, 5.4% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Pardailhan sits below 87% of compared French towns for couples with children (16%)
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
There are 1.9 people in the average household. One-person households are more common here than in 77% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €20,700 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €20,700 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
In Pardailhan, 25% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 83% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 8.3% of households are headed by a manual worker in Pardailhan. To put it in context, 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).
10% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 82% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Pardailhan has 11%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. That is higher than in 75% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 28%, a lower share than 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Pardailhan, 31%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 12% of adults out of school have no qualification in Pardailhan
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Pardailhan. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 193 to 2,582 people, the 7th oldest
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 younger than Pardailhan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pardailhan | 53.1 | 26% | 52% | 11% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 11.3 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 12.9 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Capestang 3,514 · 13.2 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.6% | 9% |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5,261 · 13.5 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 6% | 5% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 14.1 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 14.9 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
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 Pardailhan
What is the population of Pardailhan?
193 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (186).
How old are Pardailhan’s residents?
The median age is 53.1, older than 91% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pardailhan?
120, with occasional dwellings: 52% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pardailhan?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pardailhan?
€20,700 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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