A median age of 53: Accons is older than 91% of compared French towns
Flats: 5.4%, below 95% of compared French towns. There were 170 households in Accons at the 2023 Census, home to 361 residents. The census found that a fifth of households are headed by a manager or professional locally. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Accons
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 42 second homes and occasional dwellings in Accons, 17% of its 240 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 90% 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
Accons had 416 residents at the 2012 census and 361 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Accons’ residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 29 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
1.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% 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
Second homes make up 17%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Here, 5% of households have no car. Empty homes are more common here than in 88% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Accons: −13%
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
In two steps, −8% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Ardèche.
8.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 86% 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
■ Accons 53. The median compared French town: 44.
A quarter of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
34% of households are one person living alone, below 58% 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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. Higher than in 54% of compared French towns: 26% of households are couples with children. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,860 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 €24,860 a year: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Accons: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 91% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 38% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0.9% in Accons, less than in 99% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.6% in Accons. The wider picture: 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.
Accons sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (55%)
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
Single residents: 19%, below 97% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 95% of compared French towns, at 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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Median age: 3 of the 5 towns around Accons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accons | 53 | 25% | 17% | 0.9% |
| Le Cheylard 2,803 · 2 mi | 56.8 | 38% | 8.3% | 2.2% |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon 2,501 · 12.2 mi | 57.9 | 38% | 36% | 5.9% |
| Privas 8,538 · 14.9 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 15.8 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Tence 3,111 · 16.2 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 19% | 1.9% |
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 Accons
What is the population of Accons?
361 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (416).
How old are Accons’ residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Accons?
42, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Accons?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Accons?
€24,860 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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