A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.9%
By its share of single-parent households (6%), Ailhon is below 96% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 553, in 240 households. Flats account for 7.5%. This Ardèche town has more households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns, at 40%.
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 Ailhon
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 77 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ailhon, 22% of its 350 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 88% 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 22% in Ailhon, more than in 94% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 10% (under two years). To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 7.5%.
Ailhon’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 56% 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
The first five years brought +4%; the six to 2023, ±0%.
In Ailhon, 8.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 88% 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
■ Ailhon 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (24%), Ailhon is above 64% of compared French towns. On top of that, with a median age of 46.6, Ailhon is older than 67% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 85% of compared French towns, at 28%
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
Households average 2.3 people. Fewer couples with children than in 57% of compared French towns: 24%. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €26,410 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.
Half of Ailhon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,410 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 6% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
One in ten households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Measured more widely, 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).
1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, below 87% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 75% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 26: 3.8% 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.
Above 85% of compared French towns: 48% of residents 15 and over are married
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
The share of single residents trails 76% of compared French towns: 22%. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
10% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 95% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Ailhon comes in at 45%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 553 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Ailhon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ailhon | 46.6 | 24% | 22% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 2.3 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 3 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 4.7 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 3,031 · 8.9 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 8% | 5.1% |
| Privas 8,538 · 15.8 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 16.8 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
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 Ailhon
What is the population of Ailhon?
553 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (535).
How old are Ailhon’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ailhon?
77, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ailhon?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ailhon?
€26,410 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.