Photo: Florian Pépellin · CC BY-SA 3.0Guilherand-Granges ranks above 87% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 31%
40% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Guilherand-Granges counted 11,235 residents and 5,860 households at the 2023 Census. Households in social housing: 4.8% of the total. Flats are more common here 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.
A +2% change since 2012: slower than 60% 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
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then +2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Ardèche.
Guilherand-Granges is older than 79% of compared French towns: a median age of 49
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Guilherand-Granges 49. The median compared French town: 44.
In Guilherand-Granges, 9.9% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 18% of households are couples with children
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
Here nearly one in ten households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. In Guilherand-Granges, 44% of households are one person living alone. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Guilherand-Granges ranks below 61% of compared French towns on households without a car: 8.9%
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
Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%. On the census count, 5.7% of homes stand empty. Few places have as many second homes: 2.3% here, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €27,330 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.
Half of Guilherand-Granges’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,330 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 64% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 9.0% of residents.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 9.6% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Here just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. To put it in context, 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).
In Guilherand-Granges, 5.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 60% 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.
3.5% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 29. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Guilherand-Granges sits below 70% of compared French towns for 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
By its share of married residents (41%), Guilherand-Granges is below 61% of compared French towns. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Guilherand-Granges ranks above 66% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 35%
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 adults with no qualification is 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (10,996 to 11,474 people), the 6th 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.
Ages run from 38.2 in Cesson to 67.4 in Arcachon.
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Guilherand-Granges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilherand-Granges | 49 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.3% |
| Valence 64,458 · 1.6 mi | 40.5 | 22% | 3.3% | 17% |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 1.7 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| Bourg-lès-Valence 19,992 · 1.8 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 1.1% | 11% |
| Portes-lès-Valence 10,477 · 4.2 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 9.8% |
| Malissard 3,294 · 4.6 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 1.5% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence 6,176 · 4.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 0.9% | 7.3% |
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 Guilherand-Granges
What is the population of Guilherand-Granges?
11,235 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (10,968).
How old are Guilherand-Granges’ residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guilherand-Granges?
140, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guilherand-Granges?
INSEE counts 600 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 390 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guilherand-Granges?
€27,330 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 November 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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