Households in social housing: 0.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
One-person households: 42% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Vic-la-Gardiole had 3,428 residents in 1,680 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 4.7% of households have no car. At 25%, the share of households headed by a retired person is lower than in 83% 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 Vic-la-Gardiole
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 690 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vic-la-Gardiole, 27% of its 2,510 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 27% in Vic-la-Gardiole, 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
5.3% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that one in ten homes are flats in Vic-la-Gardiole.
Vic-la-Gardiole grew +15% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 82% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +13% for the median Hérault town, the change came in two steps: +10% from 2012 to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.1% in Vic-la-Gardiole, less than in 80% 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
■ Vic-la-Gardiole 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Vic-la-Gardiole has 21%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 45.7, Vic-la-Gardiole is older than just over three fifths of compared French towns.
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%.
In Vic-la-Gardiole, 23% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 60% 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
Each household has 2 people on average. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Vic-la-Gardiole sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €25,970 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,970 a year: lower than in 50% of compared French towns. Some 13.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 68% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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).
Vic-la-Gardiole: 5.8% 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.
Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.8%). That is lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. At 4.3%, foreign nationals sit close to the figure 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: 37%, a lower share than 85% 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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Vic-la-Gardiole (26%). Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 67% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Graduates of higher education come to 29% in Vic-la-Gardiole, about three in ten. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 3,403 to 3,453
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 Moult-Chicheboville (35.9), the youngest, and Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan (58.7), the oldest.
Around Vic-la-Gardiole, 2 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic-la-Gardiole | 45.7 | 21% | 27% | 5.8% |
| Mireval 3,301 · 1.5 mi | 48.3 | 24% | 3.8% | 5.5% |
| Frontignan 24,136 · 3.8 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 21% | 6.9% |
| Gigean 6,639 · 4 mi | 40.6 | 16% | 1.7% | 7.1% |
| Fabrègues 7,447 · 4.5 mi | 45 | 22% | 7% | 6.1% |
| Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone 10,872 · 4.5 mi | 41.8 | 17% | 4.1% | 7.1% |
| Montbazin 2,877 · 5.1 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 2.6% | 3.4% |
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 Vic-la-Gardiole
What is the population of Vic-la-Gardiole?
3,428 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (2,978).
How old are Vic-la-Gardiole’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vic-la-Gardiole?
690, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vic-la-Gardiole?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vic-la-Gardiole?
€25,970 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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