15% of homes in Puéchabon are second homes
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Puéchabon has 6.8%. Still, 17% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 98% of compared French towns. Its 240 households held 509 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in five: 22% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Puéchabon
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Puéchabon, 15% of its 340 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 52 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Puéchabon ranks above 96% of compared French towns on empty homes: 15%
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
Without a car: one household in 11, against 11% in the median compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 12% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 21%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Growth of +12% since 2012 puts Puéchabon ahead of 75% 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 +7% and the next six +5%.
Half of Puéchabon is over 47.6, older than 73% 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
■ Puéchabon 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Puéchabon sits below 60% of compared French towns for one-person households (33%)
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 typical household size is 2.2 people. Couples with children make up about one in four here (24%). Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,080 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,080 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Puéchabon: 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 81% 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
Households headed by a manual worker account for 15%. On average, 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).
Only 4.8% of residents are immigrants in Puéchabon
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 nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.2% 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.
Married residents: 41%, a lower share than 61% 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
At 25%, the share of single residents is lower than in 53% of compared French towns. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Puéchabon sits below 73% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (15%)
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (36%), Puéchabon is above just over two thirds of compared French towns. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Puéchabon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puéchabon | 47.6 | 24% | 15% | 4.8% |
| Aniane 2,979 · 2.6 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 5.4 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
| Vailhauquès 2,722 · 6.1 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| Montarnaud 4,208 · 6.3 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 1.7% | 7.4% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 7.2 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 2,696 · 7.6 mi | 45 | 21% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
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 Puéchabon
What is the population of Puéchabon?
509 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (454).
How old are Puéchabon’s residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 73% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puéchabon?
52, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puéchabon?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puéchabon?
€24,080 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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