3.4% of households have no car, below 97% of compared French towns
Residents aged 65 and over make up 17%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 1,000 residents in 410 households. Across Étables, 8.4% of homes are flats. At 26%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 92% 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 Étables
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 54 second homes and occasional dwellings in Étables, 11% of its 490 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Étables had 848 residents at the 2012 census and 1,000 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes in Étables are second homes
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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Étables comes in at 5.1%. For Étables, the census puts households in social housing at 3.6%. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +18% since 2012, faster than 87% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ardèche town +4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +7%; from 2017 to 2023, +10%.
Half of Étables is under 40, younger than 79% 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
■ Étables 40. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are couples with children, more than in 79% 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
11% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
Standard of living at the median: €24,690 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 Étables is €24,690 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 26%, a lower share than 81% 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
20% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). By way of comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Étables.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.6% of residents are immigrants in Étables
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 86% of compared French towns. 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals. As a reference point, 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 smaller share of single residents than 82% of compared French towns: 21%
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
The census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Étables. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 59% of compared French towns: 17%
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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 3rd youngest of 41 French towns of 1,000 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Étables
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étables | 40 | 17% | 11% | 2.6% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 5.9 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 6.1 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 6.7 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Mercurol-Veaunes 2,816 · 8.1 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 4.5% | 2.2% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 8.3 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| La Roche-de-Glun 3,569 · 8.5 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 Étables
What is the population of Étables?
1,000 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (848).
How old are Étables’ residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Étables?
54, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Étables?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Étables?
€24,690 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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