Second homes: 51%, a higher share than 97% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Labastide-de-Virac, 4.5% of homes are flats. This Ardèche town counted 328 residents and 150 households at the 2023 Census. 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 1% locally.
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 Labastide-de-Virac
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Labastide-de-Virac, 51% of its 310 homes: higher than in 97% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Labastide-de-Virac had 249 residents at the 2012 census and 328 in 2023, up 32%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Labastide-de-Virac’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 6% of households have no car
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 15% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 19%. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Labastide-de-Virac has grown +32%, faster than 97% 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
The first five years brought +21%; the six to 2023, +9%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardèche town +4%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 5.8% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Labastide-de-Virac 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Here just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 51, Labastide-de-Virac is older than 86% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
39% of households are one person living alone, a share 65% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children here. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Households average 2.1 people.
A typical living standard of €27,760 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.
At €27,760 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
Labastide-de-Virac ranks below 57% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 13%
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
9.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a retired person are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Labastide-de-Virac: 7.9% of residents are immigrants, above 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.
The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in three fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Labastide-de-Virac, 4.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
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 married residents than 68% of compared French towns: 40%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 80% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 37%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (328 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Labastide-de-Virac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labastide-de-Virac | 51 | 26% | 51% | 7.9% |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol 7,661 · 11.7 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.9% | 14% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 12.2 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit 10,958 · 13.3 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 2.6% | 11% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 14 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Lapalud 3,853 · 14.3 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| Pierrelatte 13,756 · 14.6 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 13% |
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 Labastide-de-Virac
What is the population of Labastide-de-Virac?
328 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% more than in 2012 (249).
How old are Labastide-de-Virac’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Labastide-de-Virac?
160, with occasional dwellings: 51% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Labastide-de-Virac?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Labastide-de-Virac?
€27,760 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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