Households in social housing make up 0.2% in Puimisson, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of flats trails 93% of compared French towns: 6.8%. Lower than in 95% of compared French towns: 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24. The 2023 Census put Puimisson’s population at 1,225, in 530 households. Here, 2.8% of homes stand empty.
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 Puimisson
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 89 second homes and occasional dwellings in Puimisson, 14% of its 640 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Puimisson had 1,035 residents at the 2012 census and 1,225 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
One household in 13 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. In Puimisson, 7.5% of households have no car.
Puimisson’s population changed by +18% since 2012, more than in 88% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +13% for the median Hérault town, the change came in two steps: +4% from 2012 to 2017, then +14% to 2023.
Puimisson is older than 65% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Puimisson 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Higher than in just over half of compared French towns: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
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%.
One-person households make up 30% in Puimisson, less than in 75% 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
By its share of single-parent households (7.6%), Puimisson is below 84% of compared French towns. On the census count, 28% of households are couples with children. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The median resident lives on €24,150 a year per consumption unit
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 €24,150 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
In Puimisson, 10% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 74% 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
6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%. Households headed by a retired person account for 30%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.6% of Puimisson’s residents
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 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 28 here (3.6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Puimisson
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: 47%; in a PACS: 8.5%; against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town, with 7.2% widowed. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 76% of compared French towns, at 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Puimisson. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,225 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Puimisson is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puimisson | 46.2 | 22% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Magalas 3,582 · 2.2 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 18% | 6.4% |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 2.6 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 13% | 6.5% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 3.4 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| Lignan-sur-Orb 3,227 · 4.4 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.9% |
| Servian 5,517 · 4.9 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 5.9% | 6.5% |
| Boujan-sur-Libron 3,619 · 5.1 mi | 49.6 | 31% | 3.5% | 3.7% |
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 Puimisson
What is the population of Puimisson?
1,225 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (1,035).
How old are Puimisson’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 65% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puimisson?
89, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puimisson?
INSEE counts 68 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puimisson?
€24,150 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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