Half of Pierrerue is over 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns
Here 43% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. The share of flats stands at 1.2%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Pierrerue’s population at 289, in 160 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 Pierrerue
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 62 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pierrerue, 25% of its 250 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Pierrerue’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 32 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
25% of homes in Pierrerue 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
The share of households without a car trails 91% of compared French towns: 4.6%. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 13% in Pierrerue.
From 2012 to 2023, 73% of compared French towns grew faster than Pierrerue: −1%
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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Hérault town +13%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −1%.
Pierrerue: 39% of residents are 65 or over, above 97% 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
■ Pierrerue 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 5.6% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 80 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.
A lower share of couples with children than 86% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 1.9 people each. Few places have as many single-parent households: 13% here, more than in 89% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Pierrerue comes in at 40%.
Half above, half below €23,910 a year in 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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,910 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 96% of compared French towns: 3.3%
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, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Pierrerue, 6.7%. To put it in context, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pierrerue sits above 74% of compared French towns for immigrants (11%)
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals in Pierrerue. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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 single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 73% 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
Graduates of higher education are rarer here than in just over half of compared French towns. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 289 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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).
Pierrerue is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrerue | 58.5 | 39% | 25% | 11% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 5.6 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5,261 · 7.1 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 6% | 5% |
| Capestang 3,514 · 8.2 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.6% | 9% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 8.7 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 9.9 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 10 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 13% | 6.5% |
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 Pierrerue
What is the population of Pierrerue?
289 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (291).
How old are Pierrerue’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pierrerue?
62, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pierrerue?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (8.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pierrerue?
€23,910 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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