Pignan ranks below 81% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 9.3%
The median age in Pignan is 41.5, lower than in 69% of compared French towns. This Hérault town had 8,431 residents in 3,610 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 6.8% of households have no car. The share of single-parent households is 12%, against 10% in the typical compared French town.
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 Pignan
Growing fast
Pignan had 6,525 residents at the 2012 census and 8,431 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +29% since 2012 puts Pignan ahead of 96% 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 +8% and the next six +20%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 71% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pignan 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Pignan has 10%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Pignan: 28% of households are couples with children, above 65% 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
Here nearly a third of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
In Pignan, 5.7% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 65% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 10% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 17%. Compared with other places, households in social housing are common here: 14%, more than in 56% of compared French towns. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. One household in 15 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Standard of living at the median: €26,950 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.
Living standards centre on €26,950 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 61% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 13.0%.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 73% of compared French towns: 28%
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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (14%), Pignan is above 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3% of residents are foreign nationals, below 64% of compared French towns
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 56% of compared French towns. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Here, 5.8% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 57% of compared French towns: 42% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Census figures put single residents at 25% in Pignan. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 38%, a higher share than 76% 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
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 8,321 to 8,545
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Varces-Allières-et-Risset (35.8), the oldest Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie (63.7).
Older than Pignan: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pignan | 41.5 | 19% | 1.8% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Georges-d'Orques 5,676 · 2.1 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 4.3% | 8.1% |
| Lavérune 3,302 · 2.2 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 1.3% | 7.4% |
| Fabrègues 7,447 · 2.4 mi | 45 | 22% | 7% | 6.1% |
| Cournonterral 7,359 · 2.8 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 2% | 6.1% |
| Juvignac 14,055 · 3.2 mi | 37.7 | 18% | 1.5% | 13% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Védas 13,328 · 3.4 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 3.6% | 7.5% |
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 Pignan
What is the population of Pignan?
8,431 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (6,525).
How old are Pignan’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pignan?
69, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pignan?
INSEE counts 490 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 260 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pignan?
€26,950 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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