Below 94% of compared French towns: 3% of households rent social housing (HLM)
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Valros has 8.3%. 1,685 residents in 780 households: that is Valros at the 2023 Census. Here, 6.7% of homes are second homes. Lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 9.5% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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.
A +14% change since 2012: faster than 80% 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 +9%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hérault town +13%.
Valros: 27% of residents are 65 or over, above 78% 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
■ Valros 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Valros is 47.9, higher than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 24% of households are couples with children in Valros
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 2.2 people on average. Few places have so few one-person households: 35% here, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. There is little gap on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
In Valros, 18% of homes are flats, fewer than in 72% 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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 7.9% of homes stand empty here. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Households without a car make up about one in nine here (11%).
A typical living standard of €24,680 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,680 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (32%)
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
For Valros, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 9.4%. Fewer households headed by a retired person than in 50% of compared French towns: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.9% of residents are immigrants, a share 60% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 higher than in three fifths of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 23: 4.4% 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Valros
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
Few places have as many married residents: 43% here, more than in half of compared French towns. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Valros ranks below 56% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 28%
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
Adults with no qualification are rarer here than in 58% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,685 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Valros
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 Valros
What is the population of Valros?
1,685 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,477).
How old are Valros’ residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valros?
61, with occasional dwellings: 6.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valros?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 74 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valros?
€24,680 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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