Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (27%)
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 44% in Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze and 32% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze was home to 470 people in 220 households. Flats account for 5.2%.
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 Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 95 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze, 27% of its 350 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 10% in Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze, more than in 81% 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
7.9% of households arrived within the last two years, while 22% have stayed 30 years or more. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 8.4% here, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns. Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze outgrew 55% of compared French towns: +6%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ardèche town +4%.
A median age of 50.1: Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze is older than 84% 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
■ Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.1%, Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze is behind just over four fifths of compared French towns on that count. In Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze, 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 90% of compared French towns, at 7%
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 typical household size is 2.2 people. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in four: 23% of households are couples with children. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 37%, more than in 59% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €22,760 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.
Living standards centre on €22,760 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 88% 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 manual worker: 16%, above 64% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 9.4% of 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).
Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze sits below 82% of compared French towns for immigrants (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 (2.1%), Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze is below 77% of compared French towns. Against that, 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.
In Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 73% of compared French towns
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
With single residents at 23%, Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze is behind just over two thirds of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 19% in the typical compared French town, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification in Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 470 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze | 50.1 | 28% | 27% | 3% |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 8.2 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| La Roche-de-Glun 3,569 · 8.4 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 9 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Pont-de-l'Isère 3,681 · 9.2 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 1.3% | 5.6% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 9.8 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| Guilherand-Granges 11,235 · 9.9 mi | 49 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.3% |
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 Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze
What is the population of Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze?
470 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (443).
How old are Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 84% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze?
95, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze?
€22,760 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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