Valflaunès sits below 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.2%)
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in 28: that is how common households without a car are in Valflaunès (3.6%). The 2023 Census counted 795 residents in 340 households. By its share of one-person households (26%), Valflaunès is below 92% 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 Valflaunès
Many graduates
53% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 21% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 76% of compared French towns: Valflaunès changed by +12% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +13% for the median Hérault town, the change came in two steps: +8% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
In Valflaunès, 25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 69% 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
■ Valflaunès 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.4, Valflaunès is older than nearly three fifths of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 30%, a higher share than 76% 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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.1%, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Valflaunès, 8.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 90% 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 9.9% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 25% who have been there 30 years or more. At 8%, the share of second homes is higher than in 85% of compared French towns. Census figures put empty homes at 5.7% in Valflaunès.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €31,040 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.
The median standard of living in Valflaunès is €31,040 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Valflaunès ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 1.5%
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Valflaunès has 21%. In Valflaunès, 36% of households are headed by a retired person. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Valflaunès ranks below 69% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.4%
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.4%, below 73% of compared French towns. 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.
Married residents: 50%, a higher share than 91% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Valflaunès has 20%. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Valflaunès sits above 95% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (53%)
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 adults with no qualification at 11%, Valflaunès is behind 93% of compared French towns on that count. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 795 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.
Valflaunès sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valflaunès | 45.4 | 25% | 8% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers 4,979 · 2.6 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 3.6% | 7% |
| Saint-Drézéry 3,006 · 7.1 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 1.5% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 2,696 · 7.3 mi | 45 | 21% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Prades-le-Lez 6,184 · 7.5 mi | 41.3 | 18% | 1% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Gély-du-Fesc 10,472 · 8.5 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 1.1% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Clément-de-Rivière 5,218 · 8.5 mi | 50.6 | 34% | 4.4% | 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 Valflaunès
What is the population of Valflaunès?
795 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (707).
How old are Valflaunès’ residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valflaunès?
31, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valflaunès?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valflaunès?
€31,040 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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