Photo: PASQUION · CC BY-SA 3.0Empty homes: 15%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing: 23%, above 83% of compared French towns. 47% of households are one person living alone, more than in 88% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 17,274 residents in Annonay, living in 8,450 households. Put another way, about one in five: 19% of households have no car.
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 Annonay
Empty homes
The census found 1,490 homes empty (15%): 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, Annonay has grown +8%, faster than 64% 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 median Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six +6%.
Annonay sits above 67% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (25%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Annonay 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Annonay, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. On top of that, with a median age of 45.6, Annonay is older than three fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 18% of households are couples with children
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
A household here holds 2 people on average. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Annonay has more single-parent households than 59% of compared French towns, at 11%.
Annonay ranks above 86% of compared French towns on flats: 64%
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 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 3.4% of homes are second homes here. In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats.
The median resident lives on €22,170 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,170 a year: lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 25.0% of residents.
In Annonay, 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 80% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Annonay comes in at 34%. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Locally, 7.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Annonay ranks above 84% of compared French towns on immigrants: 14%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Annonay has 12%. The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 84% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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.
A higher share of single residents than 83% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
Married residents make up 39%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 26% in Annonay, more than in 82% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Annonay. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 16,666 to 17,909 people, the 14th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
L'Isle-d'Abeau is the youngest (33.3); La Baule-Escoublac the oldest (60.4).
Of the 6 towns nearest Annonay, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annonay | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 1.5 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 1.7 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 2.7 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Bourg-Argental 2,886 · 6.3 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 6.2% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 8.3 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 8.3 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
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 Annonay
What is the population of Annonay?
17,274 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (15,983).
How old are Annonay’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Annonay?
350, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Annonay?
INSEE counts 2,480 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 2,010 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Annonay?
€22,170 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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