Vailhauquès sits above 96% of compared French towns for couples with children (37%)
By its share of households without a car (1.9%), Vailhauquès is below 99% of compared French towns. On households headed by a manual worker, Vailhauquès sits lower than 89% of compared French towns: 7.5%. In 2023, the Census found 2,722 residents in the town, living in 1,060 households. Locally, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
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 Vailhauquès
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
50% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 17% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vailhauquès’s population changed by +6% since 2012, more than in 54% 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 change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and +7% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Hérault town +13%.
A median age of 42.9: Vailhauquès is younger than 59% 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
■ Vailhauquès 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.9% in Vailhauquès.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are one person living alone, 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
A household here holds 2.6 people on average. At 10%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 56% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
10% of homes are flats, fewer than in 86% 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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Vailhauquès has 5.6%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats. The census found that 6.2% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the town. On second homes, Vailhauquès sits lower than nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 1.7%.
At the median, €29,580 a year to live on
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 Vailhauquès is €29,580 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 82% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 7.0%.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
27% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.7% of residents are immigrants, below 75% 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.
The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 75% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 56: that is how common foreign nationals are in Vailhauquès (1.8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 51% in Vailhauquès, more than in 95% of compared French towns
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
21% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
In Vailhauquès, 8.6% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (50%), Vailhauquès is above 93% of compared French towns. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,687 to 2,756 people: this is the 15th 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.
The youngest is Trieux (37.7), the oldest Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie (61.9).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Vailhauquès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vailhauquès | 42.9 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| Montarnaud 4,208 · 1.9 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 1.7% | 7.4% |
| Saint-Gély-du-Fesc 10,472 · 4.6 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 1.1% | 5.9% |
| Grabels 9,092 · 4.9 mi | 38.9 | 17% | 1.5% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Georges-d'Orques 5,676 · 5 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 4.3% | 8.1% |
| Juvignac 14,055 · 5.5 mi | 37.7 | 18% | 1.5% | 13% |
| Pignan 8,431 · 6.2 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.8% | 5.8% |
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 Vailhauquès
What is the population of Vailhauquès?
2,722 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (2,573).
How old are Vailhauquès’ residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vailhauquès?
19, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vailhauquès?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vailhauquès?
€29,580 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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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