Arlebosc: 36% of homes are second homes, above 96% of compared French towns
Flats make up 5.8%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. About one in two: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Arlebosc (49%). Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 4.2% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Its 190 households held 380 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Arlebosc
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arlebosc, 36% of its 330 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Arlebosc’s residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households in social housing make up 3.2% in Arlebosc, less than in 93% 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
Without a car: one household in 10, against 11% in the median compared French town. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. 7.7% of homes stand empty. Fewer households without a car than in 55% of compared French towns: 9.7%.
Arlebosc grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 78% 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
Over those years, the median Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −1%, then +15% to 2023.
Arlebosc is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arlebosc 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Arlebosc comes in at 32%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 5.4% 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
A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Arlebosc. Households average 2.1 people. One-person households are more common here than in 50% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
€21,970 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Arlebosc is €21,970 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 82% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker here. By way of comparison, 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).
In Arlebosc, 3.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 74% 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.
Foreign nationals: 3.4% of the total. 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.
Arlebosc sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (14%)
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married in Arlebosc. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 62% 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
The census found that 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Arlebosc. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 380 to 2,582 people
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).
No nearby town is as old as Arlebosc
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlebosc | 53.5 | 32% | 36% | 3.9% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 9.7 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 10.4 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| La Roche-de-Glun 3,569 · 10.5 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Pont-de-l'Isère 3,681 · 11.5 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 1.3% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 11.7 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| Mercurol-Veaunes 2,816 · 12.6 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 4.5% | 2.2% |
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 Arlebosc
What is the population of Arlebosc?
380 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (336).
How old are Arlebosc’s residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 91% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arlebosc?
120, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arlebosc?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arlebosc?
€21,970 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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