Older than 92% of compared French towns: half of Pomérols is over 53.7
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 97% of compared French towns: 49%. There were 1,140 households in Pomérols at the 2023 Census, home to 2,299 residents. The census found that 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the town. Fewer single-parent households than in 89% of compared French towns: 7.1%.
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 Pomérols
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 320 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pomérols, 19% of its 1,660 homes: higher than in 93% 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 Pomérols’ residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 200 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Pomérols, 19% of homes are second homes, more than in 93% 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
Turnover: 14% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 18% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 95% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. With empty homes at 12%, Pomérols is ahead of 90% of compared French towns on that count.
Pomérols’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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +3%, then ±0% to 2023. Over those years, the median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%.
In Pomérols, 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 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
■ Pomérols 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
A third of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Pomérols sits below 77% of compared French towns for couples with children (19%)
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
The average household has 2 people. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 51% of compared French towns: 35% of households are one person living alone.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,990 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 €23,990 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 71% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 17.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
4.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 87% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Pomérols has 12%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pomérols: 6% 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 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. Here, 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Pomérols, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
Married residents: 48%, above 84% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
Here 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,299 to 2,582 people: this is 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).
Pomérols and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomérols | 53.7 | 33% | 19% | 6% |
| Florensac 5,254 · 1.6 mi | 49.8 | 28% | 8.7% | 7.5% |
| Marseillan 8,414 · 3.5 mi | 57.8 | 38% | 60% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Thibéry 3,132 · 4.3 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| Bessan 5,838 · 4.4 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 15% | 6.9% |
| Mèze 12,669 · 5.6 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 14% | 7.3% |
| Pézenas 7,797 · 6.2 mi | 52.5 | 32% | 11% | 10% |
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 Pomérols
What is the population of Pomérols?
2,299 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (2,216).
How old are Pomérols’ residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pomérols?
320, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pomérols?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 83 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pomérols?
€23,990 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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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