A median age of 56.6: Prémian is older than 96% of compared French towns
In Prémian, 3.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. Across Prémian, 1.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Couples with children are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 479 people lived in the town, in 270 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 Prémian
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Prémian, 28% of its 420 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Prémian had 557 residents at the 2012 census and 479 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Prémian’s residents are under 56.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 28%, a higher share than 95% 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
7.9% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 7%. Higher than in 53% of compared French towns: 11% of households have no car.
Prémian’s population moved −14% on 2012, less than in 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −7%, and from 2017 to 2023 −8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hérault town +13%.
7.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below 96% 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
■ Prémian 56.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 32%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 88% of compared French towns, at 47%
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
Each household has 1.8 people on average. On single-parent households, Prémian sits higher than 92% of compared French towns: 14%. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,120 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,120 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Prémian ranks above 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 47%
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
For Prémian, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 13%. 1.7% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 47% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 62% of compared French towns: 8.2% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (5.8%), Prémian is above 63% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 62% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 61% of compared French towns: 41% 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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Prémian (26%). By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Prémian, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 75% 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
Roughly two in ten: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 479 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Prémian
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prémian | 56.6 | 32% | 28% | 8.2% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 15.2 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5,261 · 16.4 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 6% | 5% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 16.7 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 17.4 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| Capestang 3,514 · 17.5 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.6% | 9% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 17.9 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
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 Prémian
What is the population of Prémian?
479 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (557).
How old are Prémian’s residents?
The median age is 56.6, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prémian?
120, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prémian?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (5.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prémian?
€23,120 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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