A larger share of second homes than 98% of compared French towns: 59%
Flats: 3.5% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Issamoulenc’s population at 107, in 53 households. The census found that 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional locally. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Issamoulenc
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 87 second homes and occasional dwellings in Issamoulenc, 59% of its 150 homes: higher than in 98% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Issamoulenc had 112 residents at the 2012 census and 107 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Issamoulenc sits below 82% of compared French towns for households without a car (5.8%)
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
Empty homes: 4.8% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. 15% of households arrived within the last two years, while 23% have stayed 30 years or more. Typically, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A −4% change since 2012: slower than 86% 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
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns: 7.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Issamoulenc 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Issamoulenc is 48.2, higher than in three quarters of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. In Issamoulenc, 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 72 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Issamoulenc, 45% of households are one person living alone, more than in 85% 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 people each. Couples with children are rarer here than in 81% of compared French towns. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Issamoulenc sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 9.1%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Issamoulenc sits below 66% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.8%)
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 share of foreign nationals tops 62% of compared French towns: 5.7%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Issamoulenc ranks above 84% of compared French towns on single residents: 31%
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
Married residents come to 42% in Issamoulenc, about four in ten. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Issamoulenc, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 78% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Issamoulenc comes in at 23%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 107 to 2,582
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).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Issamoulenc
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issamoulenc | 48.2 | 28% | 59% | 4.8% |
| Privas 8,538 · 7.1 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Le Cheylard 2,803 · 8.9 mi | 56.8 | 38% | 8.3% | 2.2% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 9.9 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Chomérac 3,183 · 10.9 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 5.1% | 3.9% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 12.2 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 13.7 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
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 Issamoulenc
What is the population of Issamoulenc?
107 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (112).
How old are Issamoulenc’s residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Issamoulenc?
87, with occasional dwellings: 59% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Issamoulenc?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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