Above 95% of compared French towns: 36% of households are couples with children
11% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 9%, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Saint-Pargoire’s population at 2,501, in 1,020 households. Locally, 6.3% of homes are second homes.
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-Pargoire
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 4.8% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Pargoire grew +16% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 85% 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: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then +10% to 2023.
Half of Saint-Pargoire is under 43.2, younger than 56% 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-Pargoire 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Saint-Pargoire (11%). Residents aged 65 and over are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-Pargoire, 4.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. Few places have so few one-person households: 27% here, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.1%
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
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Saint-Pargoire comes in at 8.5%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €23,740 a year per consumption unit
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.
The median standard of living in Saint-Pargoire is €23,740 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 74% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 18.0% of residents are below the line.
In Saint-Pargoire, 8.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 59% 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
On the census count, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households headed by a retired person are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 84% of compared French towns: 2.8% 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.
The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 77.
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 single residents than 76% of compared French towns, at 22%
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 account for 43%. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Pargoire ranks below 54% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 18%
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
In Saint-Pargoire, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Saint-Pargoire and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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-Pargoire
What is the population of Saint-Pargoire?
2,501 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (2,147).
How old are Saint-Pargoire’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Pargoire?
78, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Pargoire?
INSEE counts 69 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Pargoire?
€23,740 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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