Murs sits above 97% of compared French towns for second homes (49%)
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Murs has 13%. In 2023, the Census found 376 residents locally, living in 190 households. 3.1% of households have no car. This Vaucluse town has fewer empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.6%.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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 Murs
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 190 second homes and occasional dwellings in Murs, 49% of its 390 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Murs had 410 residents at the 2012 census and 376 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Murs’ residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 95% of compared French towns, at 5.2%
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
Households in social housing make up 5.8%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Murs’s population moved −8% on 2012, less than in 95% 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 +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −10%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vaucluse town +7%.
Murs is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Murs 53. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 11%, more than in half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns, at 5.3%
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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Murs, 37%. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. A household here holds 2 people on average.
The median resident lives on €23,790 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €23,790 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 42%, a higher share than 88% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 7.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%. Here, 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).
Murs: 6.4% of residents are foreign nationals, above 66% 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 Vaucluse has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 58% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.7% of residents are immigrants. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% 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.
Fewer single residents than 59% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Locally, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 83% 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 figure for graduates of higher education is 33% in Murs and 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 376 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.
Murs and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murs | 53 | 30% | 49% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 3,004 · 5.9 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 31% | 6.5% |
| Gargas 3,035 · 6.7 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Mazan 6,285 · 9.1 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 9.4% | 5.2% |
| Apt 10,143 · 9.2 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 9.4% | 14% |
| L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue 20,244 · 9.5 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 9.9% | 9% |
| Robion 4,816 · 9.8 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 5.9% | 4.3% |
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 Murs
What is the population of Murs?
376 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (410).
How old are Murs’ residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Murs?
190, with occasional dwellings: 49% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Murs?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (6.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Murs?
€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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