12% of households are couples with children, below 98% of compared French towns
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Saint-Julien has 3.8%. 228 residents in 130 households: that is Saint-Julien at the 2023 Census. Locally, 7% of residents are 15 to 24. At 7.2%, the share of flats is lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
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-Julien
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 97 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Julien, 41% of its 240 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Saint-Julien’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 39% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 41%
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 16, against 11% in the median compared French town. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.3% of households have no car in Saint-Julien. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Growth of +8% since 2012 puts Saint-Julien ahead of 61% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then +4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 50.3: Saint-Julien is older than 84% 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-Julien 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Saint-Julien has 27%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Saint-Julien sits above 94% of compared French towns for one-person households (50%)
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
Each household has 1.8 people on average. Just over one in ten households are single parents, a higher share than in 72% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €20,500 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.
At €20,500 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
Saint-Julien sits above 89% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (42%)
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
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 59% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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 higher than in just over half of compared French towns. 6.6% of residents are immigrants. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A lower share of married residents than 96% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
With single residents at 29%, Saint-Julien is ahead of 76% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 84% of compared French towns: 13%
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 64% of compared French towns: 34%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 228 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Saint-Julien sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Julien | 50.3 | 27% | 41% | 6.6% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 12.3 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 14.4 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 15.4 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5,261 · 15.5 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 6% | 5% |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 16.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 13% | 6.5% |
| Magalas 3,582 · 16.6 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 18% | 6.4% |
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-Julien
What is the population of Saint-Julien?
228 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (212).
How old are Saint-Julien’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Julien?
97, with occasional dwellings: 41% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Julien?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (5.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Julien?
€20,500 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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