Households without a car: 3.4%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Plaissan comes in at 2.7%. Lower than in 91% of compared French towns: 26% of households are one person living alone. The 2023 Census counted 1,718 residents in 700 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.2%.
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 Plaissan
Growing fast
Plaissan had 961 residents at the 2012 census and 1,718 in 2023, up 79%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 7.7% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Plaissan’s residents are under 38.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +79% since 2012 puts Plaissan ahead of 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +13% in Hérault. Here the change came as +24% to 2017, then +44% to 2023.
A median age of 38.8: Plaissan is younger than 85% 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
■ Plaissan 38.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Plaissan has 18%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Plaissan, 34% of households are couples with children, more than in 91% 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 2.4 people each. 7.7% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 83% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 7.8% of homes are flats
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
In Plaissan, nearly one in ten homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%. Second homes account for 6%.
€24,270 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €24,270 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
23% of households are headed by a retired person, below 89% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For Plaissan, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 15%. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Plaissan: 6.3% of residents 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 26 here (3.9%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 86% 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 Plaissan, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 86% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 1,718 to 2,582 people
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 older than Plaissan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaissan | 38.8 | 18% | 6% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Pargoire 2,501 · 2 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 6.3% | 2.8% |
| Paulhan 4,039 · 3.3 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 4% | 6.1% |
| Canet 3,619 · 3.8 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Villeveyrac 3,972 · 5.5 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 4.1% | 3.1% |
| Montagnac 4,515 · 5.7 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 7.5% | 12% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 6.4 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
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 Plaissan
What is the population of Plaissan?
1,718 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 79% more than in 2012 (961).
How old are Plaissan’s residents?
The median age is 38.8, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plaissan?
49, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plaissan?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 68 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plaissan?
€24,270 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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