A higher share of second homes than 80% of compared French towns, at 5.9%
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Servian. The census found that one in ten homes stand empty in the town. Fewer flats than in 81% of compared French towns: 13%. The town’s 2,360 households held 5,517 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Servian
Growing fast
Servian had 4,310 residents at the 2012 census and 5,517 in 2023, up 28%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Servian’s population changed by +28% since 2012, more than in 96% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Hérault town +13%. The change was +15% from 2012 to 2017 and +12% from 2017 to 2023.
Younger than 54% of compared French towns: half of Servian is under 43.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Servian 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are couples with children, a share 66% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 12% of households are single parents here. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Only 7.8% of households have no car in Servian
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
Car-free households: one in 13, where the median compared French town has 11%. One in ten households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 61% of compared French towns.
€24,310 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €24,310 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 68% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 17.0%.
29% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 68% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (7.9%), Servian is below three fifths of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The census found that 14% of households are headed by a manual worker locally.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.5% of Servian’s 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 50% of compared French towns. On the census count, 4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 51% of compared French towns: 43%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Servian sits below 59% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (27%)
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
More adults with no qualification than in 50% of compared French towns: 19%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 5,451 to 5,585 people, the 16th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ollainville is the youngest (36.5); Penmarch the oldest (60.8).
Older than Servian: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Servian | 43.5 | 21% | 5.9% | 6.5% |
| Montblanc 2,932 · 3.7 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 6.8% | 7.3% |
| Boujan-sur-Libron 3,619 · 4.8 mi | 49.6 | 31% | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| Magalas 3,582 · 5.3 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 18% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Thibéry 3,132 · 5.9 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| Pézenas 7,797 · 6.1 mi | 52.5 | 32% | 11% | 10% |
| Caux 2,718 · 6.5 mi | 52 | 28% | 18% | 8% |
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 Servian
What is the population of Servian?
5,517 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 28% more than in 2012 (4,310).
How old are Servian’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Servian?
170, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Servian?
INSEE counts 360 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 220 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Servian?
€24,310 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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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