Half of Saint-Maurice-Navacelles is over 54, older than 93% of compared French towns
1% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). The 2023 Census counted 185 residents in 98 households. Households headed by a retired person account for 60%. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 5.8%, fewer than in 94% 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-Maurice-Navacelles
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Maurice-Navacelles, 45% of its 220 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 99% 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
55% of Saint-Maurice-Navacelles’ households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 37% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Maurice-Navacelles’ residents are under 54 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 45% of its 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
Some 9.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 16% who have been there 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. The share of empty homes stands at 11%. Fewer households without a car than in four fifths of compared French towns: 6.1%.
A +12% change since 2012: Saint-Maurice-Navacelles grew faster than 75% 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 +11%, then +1% to 2023.
Saint-Maurice-Navacelles sits below 95% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.5%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Maurice-Navacelles 54. The median compared French town: 44.
A third of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 55% in Saint-Maurice-Navacelles, more than in 98% 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
Couples with children: 20% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.9 people each.
Half above, half below €19,710 a year in 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €19,710 a year: lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 5%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Saint-Maurice-Navacelles has 5%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.2% of residents are foreign nationals, below 61% 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.
Here 5.4% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Maurice-Navacelles ranks above 79% of compared French towns on single residents: 30%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Saint-Maurice-Navacelles has 39%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Maurice-Navacelles sits below 97% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (9.3%)
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
With graduates of higher education at 34%, Saint-Maurice-Navacelles is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 185 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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Saint-Maurice-Navacelles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Maurice-Navacelles | 54 | 33% | 45% | 5.4% |
| Le Vigan 3,863 · 11 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 11% | 12% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 2,696 · 11.4 mi | 45 | 21% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Ganges 3,724 · 11.6 mi | 52.8 | 35% | 3.5% | 9.8% |
| Aniane 2,979 · 11.8 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 12.5 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 13.5 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
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-Maurice-Navacelles
What is the population of Saint-Maurice-Navacelles?
185 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (165).
How old are Saint-Maurice-Navacelles’ residents?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Maurice-Navacelles?
100, with occasional dwellings: 45% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Maurice-Navacelles?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Maurice-Navacelles?
€19,710 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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