Photo: Sebjarod · CC BY-SA 3.0Households without a car make up 3.6% in Saint-Aunès, less than in 96% of compared French towns
With residents aged 65 and over at 17%, Saint-Aunès is behind 84% of compared French towns on that count. At 8.9%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is lower than in 83% of compared French towns. This Hérault town counted 4,530 residents and 1,890 households at the 2023 Census. Empty homes account for 3.9%.
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-Aunès
Growing fast
Saint-Aunès had 3,042 residents at the 2012 census and 4,530 in 2023, up 49%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9.4% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 19% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Saint-Aunès has grown +49%, faster than 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +13%; 2017 to 2023, +32%.
In Saint-Aunès, 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 90% 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-Aunès 40. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 40, Saint-Aunès is younger than 79% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
34% of households are couples with children, more than in 89% 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
With one-person households at 30%, Saint-Aunès is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Across Saint-Aunès, nearly one in ten households are single parents.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 8.3% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
0.8% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Saint-Aunès has more flats than 54% of compared French towns, at 32%. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 16% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 15% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
€29,740 a year: the median standard of living
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 €29,740 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 83% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 8.0%.
In Saint-Aunès, 21% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 90% 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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 25% in Saint-Aunès and 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 57% of compared French towns, at 7.6%
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.
At 4.5%, the share of foreign nationals is higher than in 52% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Saint-Aunès sits below 68% of compared French towns for single residents (23%)
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
Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 43% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Saint-Aunès sits below 95% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (10%)
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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 92% of compared French towns: 48%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 4,492 to 4,568 people, the 6th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Jacob-Bellecombette is the youngest (36.6); Leucate the oldest (63).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Saint-Aunès 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aunès | 40 | 17% | 0.8% | 7.6% |
| Vendargues 7,262 · 1.3 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Le Crès 9,226 · 1.6 mi | 44.5 | 24% | 1.2% | 6.8% |
| Castelnau-le-Lez 26,058 · 2.7 mi | 37.7 | 19% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Castries 6,883 · 2.8 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 3.6% | 5.7% |
| Baillargues 7,829 · 2.8 mi | 40.5 | 19% | 2.8% | 7.5% |
| Jacou 6,924 · 2.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 9.4% |
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-Aunès
What is the population of Saint-Aunès?
4,530 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 49% more than in 2012 (3,042).
How old are Saint-Aunès’ residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Aunès?
17, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Aunès?
INSEE counts 340 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 200 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Aunès?
€29,740 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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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