Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.4%
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are one person living alone in Saint-Sériès. The 2023 Census counted 972 residents in 420 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 4.3% in the town. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in three quarters 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-Sériès
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 6% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+15% since 2012, a pace 81% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Hérault town +13%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +16%; 2017 to 2023, −1%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, a lower share than 77% 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-Sériès 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.3% in Saint-Sériès. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over. The median age in the town is 44.1, higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Sériès ranks above 92% of compared French towns on couples with children: 35%
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
The share of single-parent households is 6%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Fewer flats than 75% of compared French towns: 16%
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 typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Saint-Sériès, 3.3%. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%. Locally, 4.9% of homes stand empty.
Half above, half below €30,710 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.
Half of residents live in households above €30,710 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 70% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manual worker is 17% in Saint-Sériès and 14% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 81% of compared French towns: 1.9% of residents are foreign nationals
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 just over two thirds of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. For Saint-Sériès, the census puts immigrants at 4.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Saint-Sériès
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
The share of married residents tops three quarters of compared French towns: 46%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
9.4% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 97% 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
With graduates of higher education at 45%, Saint-Sériès is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 972 to 2,582
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.
Older than Saint-Sériès: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sériès | 44.1 | 18% | 3.3% | 4.5% |
| Aubais 2,925 · 2.7 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 8.9% | 3.1% |
| Gallargues-le-Montueux 3,659 · 3.4 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 16% | 4.1% |
| Restinclières 2,612 · 3.5 mi | 38 | 13% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Aigues-Vives 3,331 · 3.6 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 5.5% | 4% |
| Sommières 5,073 · 3.7 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 4.8% | 9.7% |
| Lunel-Viel 4,507 · 3.9 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 1.3% | 6.7% |
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-Sériès
What is the population of Saint-Sériès?
972 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (846).
How old are Saint-Sériès’ residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 51% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Sériès?
15, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Sériès?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Sériès?
€30,710 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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