Ardoix sits below 93% of compared French towns for households without a car (4.2%)
With one-person households at 27%, Ardoix is behind 87% of compared French towns on that count. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,308, in 550 households. In Ardoix, 7.3% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 11%, more than in 84% 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 Ardoix
Growing fast
Ardoix had 1,115 residents at the 2012 census and 1,308 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ardoix’s population changed by +17% since 2012, more than in 86% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Ardèche town, the change came in two steps: +13% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Younger than 78% of compared French towns: half of Ardoix is under 40.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ardoix 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 17%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 76% of compared French towns, at 30%
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 figure for single-parent households is 11% in Ardoix and 10% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
5.7% of homes are second homes, a share 79% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
15% of households arrived within the last two years, while 19% have stayed 30 years or more. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 9.3%, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,170 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.
The median standard of living in Ardoix is €26,170 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Ardoix sits below 80% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5.6%)
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 20%, Ardoix is ahead of 83% of compared French towns on that count. Lower than in 71% of compared French towns: 29% 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).
Ardoix sits below 98% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.3%)
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (0.7%), Ardoix is below 98% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
Ardoix ranks below 68% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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: 45%, above just over three fifths of compared French towns. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 56% 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
About one in three: that is how common graduates of higher education are in Ardoix (30%). For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 3rd youngest 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).
Around Ardoix, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardoix | 40.2 | 17% | 5.7% | 1.3% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 2.8 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 3.8 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 4.5 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 5 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Annonay 17,274 · 5.1 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 8.3 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
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 Ardoix
What is the population of Ardoix?
1,308 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (1,115).
How old are Ardoix’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ardoix?
37, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ardoix?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ardoix?
€26,170 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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