Only 27% of households are one person living alone in Cornas
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, one in ten homes are flats in Cornas. The town is home to 2,410 residents in 1,040 households, by the 2023 Census. 5.4% of households have no car. Few places have so few households in social housing: 5.9% here, fewer than in 82% 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.
Cornas grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 62% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ardèche town +4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, +8%.
Half of Cornas is over 45.2, older than 58% 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
■ Cornas 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.8% in Cornas and 11% in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are couples with children, more than in 84% of compared French towns
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 here average 2.3 people each. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in four fifths of compared French towns.
4.6% of homes stand empty, below 80% 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
One household in 19 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Of all households, 6.5% moved in during the last two years and 28% have stayed three decades or more. Second homes are rarer here than in 57% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The median resident lives on €27,220 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 €27,220 a year: higher than in 63% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 6.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Cornas: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 75% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 30%, below 64% of compared French towns. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are common here: 10%, more than in 56% of compared French towns. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.2% of residents are immigrants in Cornas
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.
In Cornas, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 87% of compared French towns: 49%
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Cornas, 22%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Cornas, 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 share of graduates of higher education tops 56% of compared French towns: 32%. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,410 to 2,582 people, the 20th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Cornas, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornas | 45.2 | 22% | 1.7% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 1.6 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| Guilherand-Granges 11,235 · 2.3 mi | 49 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.3% |
| Bourg-lès-Valence 19,992 · 2.5 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 1.1% | 11% |
| Pont-de-l'Isère 3,681 · 3.2 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 1.3% | 5.6% |
| Valence 64,458 · 3.6 mi | 40.5 | 22% | 3.3% | 17% |
| La Roche-de-Glun 3,569 · 3.6 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
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 Cornas
What is the population of Cornas?
2,410 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (2,240).
How old are Cornas’ residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cornas?
19, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cornas?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cornas?
€27,220 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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