3.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 92% of compared French towns
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 21% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Pérols had 9,615 residents in 4,560 households at the 2023 census. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 26%. Higher than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 4.5% of homes are second homes.
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 growing town: +9% since 2012, faster than 68% 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 +7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +13% in Hérault.
Older than 74% of compared French towns: half of Pérols is over 47.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pérols 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Pérols.
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.
Couples with children: 23%, a lower share than 62% 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 here average 2.1 people each. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. At 37%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 59% of compared French towns. Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are single parents here.
Flats: 28%, a lower share than 53% 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
5.8% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Households without a car are more common here than in 52% of compared French towns. Flats make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €30,080 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 €30,080 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 85% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 10.0% of residents.
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 Pérols, 31% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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).
6.8% of residents in Pérols 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.
For Pérols, the census puts foreign nationals at 3.8%. The town has more immigrants than 52% of compared French towns, at 6.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Pérols sits above 68% of compared French towns for single residents (28%)
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, 40% of residents 15 and over are married in Pérols. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Pérols ranks above 90% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 47%
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 adults with no qualification is 11%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 9,455 to 9,782 people: this is the 9th 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.
Montlhéry is the youngest (34.7); Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire the oldest (54.4).
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Pérols
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pérols | 47.9 | 26% | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| Palavas-les-Flots 6,133 · 2.3 mi | 59.9 | 42% | 50% | 5.3% |
| Lattes 17,351 · 2.5 mi | 47.7 | 27% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Mauguio 16,522 · 3.6 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 31% | 6.7% |
| Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone 10,872 · 5.1 mi | 41.8 | 17% | 4.1% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Aunès 4,530 · 5.5 mi | 40 | 17% | 0.8% | 7.6% |
| Montpellier 310,240 · 5.6 mi | 32.1 | 15% | 4.5% | 19% |
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 Pérols
What is the population of Pérols?
9,615 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (8,788).
How old are Pérols’ residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pérols?
230, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pérols?
INSEE counts 650 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 360 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pérols?
€30,080 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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