Second homes: 49%, a higher share than 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Saint-André-de-Buèges, 36% of residents are 65 or over. The town counted 47 residents and 25 households at the 2023 Census. Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 6.1% of homes are flats here.
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 Saint-André-de-Buèges
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-André-de-Buèges, 49% of its 49 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 96% 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
Saint-André-de-Buèges had 59 residents at the 2012 census and 47 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
55% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 24% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in two in Saint-André-de-Buèges is a second home
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
Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Of all households, 12% moved in during the last two years and 16% have stayed three decades or more.
Saint-André-de-Buèges changed by −20% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +13% for the median Hérault town, the change came in two steps: −34% from 2012 to 2017, then +21% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 2.1%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Saint-André-de-Buèges 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Saint-André-de-Buèges’s residents are over 49.5, older than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 74 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Saint-André-de-Buèges ranks below 74% of compared French towns on couples with children: 20%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. One-person households account for 40%.
More households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 40%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-André-de-Buèges: 6.4% 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.
About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Saint-André-de-Buèges (6.4%). That is lower than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. Little separates the share of foreign nationals here, 4.3%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Saint-André-de-Buèges, 15% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
A third of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
More graduates of higher education than 96% of compared French towns: 55%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 11%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 47 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.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Saint-André-de-Buèges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-de-Buèges | 49.5 | 36% | 49% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 2,696 · 5.2 mi | 45 | 21% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Ganges 3,724 · 6.9 mi | 52.8 | 35% | 3.5% | 9.8% |
| Le Vigan 3,863 · 10.3 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 11% | 12% |
| Aniane 2,979 · 11.6 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers 4,979 · 11.7 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 3.6% | 7% |
| Vailhauquès 2,722 · 12.5 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 1.7% | 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 Saint-André-de-Buèges
What is the population of Saint-André-de-Buèges?
47 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (59).
How old are Saint-André-de-Buèges’ residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-André-de-Buèges?
24, with occasional dwellings: 49% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-André-de-Buèges?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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