Andance ranks below 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4.3%
Just over two in five households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 1,192 residents and 590 households in Andance. Put another way, about one in five: 19% of residents are 65 or over. Second homes are more common here than in 71% 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 Andance
Empty homes
The census found 85 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.
Since 2012, Andance has changed by +4%, slower than 55% 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
A median age of 41.7: Andance is younger than 68% 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
■ Andance 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 15% of households are single parents
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
The average household has 2 people. Few places have so few couples with children: 21% here, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 12% of homes stand empty
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of homes are flats here. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 8.8% of the total. Few places have so few households in social housing: 11% here, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €25,440 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 residents live in households above €25,440 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 94% of compared French towns: 24%
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (27%), Andance is below 79% of compared French towns. 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).
6.3% of Andance’s 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.
The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns. The census found that 3.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Andance.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 64% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Here 27% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 72% 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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (20%). Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,192 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th youngest
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: 4 of the 6 towns around Andance 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andance | 41.7 | 19% | 4% | 6.3% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 3.9 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 3.9 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 4.1 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 4.7 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Anneyron 4,169 · 5.1 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Chanas 2,706 · 5.6 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 3% | 11% |
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 Andance
What is the population of Andance?
1,192 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,150).
How old are Andance’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Andance?
28, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Andance?
INSEE counts 75 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Andance?
€25,440 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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