A smaller share of flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.5%
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Drom’s population at 215, in 97 households. Residents aged 65 and over come to 18% in the town, about two in ten. The share of households without a car is 5.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Drom
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Drom, 16% of its 120 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Without a car: one household in 19, against 11% in the median compared French town. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 4.3% of homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower growth than 68% of compared French towns: Drom changed by ±0% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ain town +13%. The change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and ±0% from 2017 to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 84% of compared French towns, at 8.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Drom 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Drom is 44.6, higher than in 54% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
In Drom, 21% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 70% 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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.2 people. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 32%, fewer than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 11% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%).
A median of €28,260 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,260 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 83% of compared French towns, at 5.3%
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
Here, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 95% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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 a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. On the census count, 3.3% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 48% in Drom. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
6.7% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 99% 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
46% of Drom’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 6.7% have no diploma (19%).
17th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 215 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Drom: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drom | 44.6 | 18% | 16% | 3.3% |
| Ceyzériat 3,328 · 3.3 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Bois 2,584 · 5.9 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Bourg-en-Bresse 42,372 · 6.7 mi | 41.4 | 23% | 2.5% | 19% |
| Viriat 7,102 · 7.4 mi | 43 | 20% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
| Péronnas 6,444 · 7.9 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.7% | 8.6% |
| Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg 6,160 · 8.2 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
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 Drom
What is the population of Drom?
215 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (214).
How old are Drom’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Drom?
20, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Drom?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Drom?
€28,260 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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