Siran is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.9
By its share of single-parent households (5.4%), Siran is below 98% of compared French towns. Few places have so few households in social housing: 0.3% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 370 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 754 residents. Flats make up about one in 13 here (7.7%).
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 Siran
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Siran, 29% of its 580 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Siran’s residents are under 56.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Siran (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 6.8% for the median compared commune in Hérault. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Siran, 29% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 7.4% in Siran. Few places have so few households without a car: 9.8% here, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns.
Siran grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 67% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hérault town +13%.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 38% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Siran 56.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.2%, below 96% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
Fewer couples with children than 77% of compared French towns: 19%
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 one-person households trails nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 32%. Average household size: 2 people. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,790 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.
Half of Siran’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,790 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
44% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 92% 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 (11%), Siran is above 59% of compared French towns. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 90% of compared French towns: 18% 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.
15% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 88% of compared French towns, at 49%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Siran. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 55% 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
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 20%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 754 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.
Siran is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siran | 56.9 | 38% | 29% | 18% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 9.5 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 13.1 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 13.6 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 14.7 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 15.6 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 15.8 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
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 Siran
What is the population of Siran?
754 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (690).
How old are Siran’s residents?
The median age is 56.9, older than 96% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Siran?
170, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Siran?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Siran?
€23,790 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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