Photo: Fagairolles 34 · CC BY-SA 4.07.5% of homes are second homes, a share 84% of compared French towns don’t reach
14% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. The 2023 Census put Saint-Thibéry’s population at 3,132, in 1,400 households. Put another way, about one in 15: 6.6% of households have no car. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in just over two thirds 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-Thibéry
Growing fast
Saint-Thibéry had 2,326 residents at the 2012 census and 3,132 in 2023, up 35%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +35% since 2012 puts Saint-Thibéry ahead of 98% 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
The first five years brought +15%; the six to 2023, +18%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hérault town +13%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1%, a lower share than 80% 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-Thibéry 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 21% of residents are 65 or over here. The median age in Saint-Thibéry is 42.5, lower than in 62% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 71% 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
Households here average 2.2 people each. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. At 25%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
9.8% of homes stand empty, more than in 78% of compared French towns
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 13% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 14% who have been there 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Flats: 17% of the total. Lower than in 60% of compared French towns: 10% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,380 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 €23,380 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 78% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 18.0%.
Above 68% of compared French towns: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Saint-Thibéry comes in at 7.1%. Typically, 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).
3.9% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 54% 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.
That is higher than in 51% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 6.6% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 15.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 41% of residents 15 and over are married in Saint-Thibéry
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
Saint-Thibéry has fewer single residents than 50% of compared French towns, at 25%. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 72% 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
Here 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 3,111 to 3,157
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 Longperrier (33.7), the oldest La Tranche-sur-Mer (64.6).
No nearby town is as young as Saint-Thibéry
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-Thibéry
What is the population of Saint-Thibéry?
3,132 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% more than in 2012 (2,326).
How old are Saint-Thibéry’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Thibéry?
130, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Thibéry?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Thibéry?
€23,380 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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