A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 93% of compared French towns: 3.9%. Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit has fewer one-person households than 91% of compared French towns, at 26%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,722, in 750 households. Locally, 3.6% of homes are flats.
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-Geniès-de-Fontedit
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit, 14% of its 970 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 ↓
Growing fast
Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit had 1,447 residents at the 2012 census and 1,722 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
14% of homes in Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit are second homes
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
In the last two years, just over one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 16% have stayed 30 years or more. Fewer households without a car than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 5.7%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The figure for empty homes is 8.3% in Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +19% since 2012, faster than 89% 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
Over those years, the median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +10%, then +8% to 2023.
Older than 75% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit is over 48.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit comes in at 10%. Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 6.8%, a lower share than 91% 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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. On couples with children, Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit sits higher than nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 28%.
A median standard of living of €24,370 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,370 a year: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 80% of compared French towns, at 9.4%
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 retired person make up 37%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit, 5.7% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 62% of compared French towns
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.
7.6% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 84% 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
Married residents: 44% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 77% 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
For Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit, the census puts graduates of higher education at 31%. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,722 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit | 48.1 | 26% | 14% | 7.6% |
| Magalas 3,582 · 2.1 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 18% | 6.4% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 2.6 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 3.6 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 13% | 6.5% |
| Lignan-sur-Orb 3,227 · 5.9 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.9% |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5,261 · 6.5 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 6% | 5% |
| Servian 5,517 · 7 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 5.9% | 6.5% |
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-Geniès-de-Fontedit
What is the population of Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit?
1,722 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (1,447).
How old are Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit?
140, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 99 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit?
€24,370 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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