A median age of 55.3: Lablachère is older than 94% of compared French towns
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Lablachère has 7.6%. Households in social housing make up about one in 21 here (4.7%). The town has fewer couples with children than 77% of compared French towns, at 19%. In 2023, the Census found 2,193 residents in the town, living in 1,030 households.
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 Lablachère
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 340 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lablachère, 24% of its 1,440 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Lablachère’s residents are under 55.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 24% of homes 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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 4.9% of homes stand empty here. Lablachère has fewer households without a car than 86% of compared French towns, at 5.3%. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Nearly a fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 10% moved in within the last two years.
Since 2012, Lablachère has grown +11%, faster than 72% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Ardèche town, the change came in two steps: +8% from 2012 to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
In Lablachère, 35% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% 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
■ Lablachère 55.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Lablachère, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
34% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 54% 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 average 2.1 people. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.8%, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,880 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,880 a year: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
In Lablachère, 44% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 91% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Lablachère has 7.8%. As a reference point, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Across Lablachère, 7.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 4.9%, a lower share than 64% 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.
Foreign nationals account for 3.8%. 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 lower share of single residents than 89% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
In couples, 46% are married and 6.3% in a PACS (median compared French town: 43% and 6.1%); 9.4% are widowed. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Lablachère ranks below 68% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 16%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (27%), Lablachère is below 59% of compared French towns. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Lablachère
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lablachère | 55.3 | 35% | 24% | 4.9% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 5.6 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 12.4 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 13 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 9.6% | 4.7% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 13.8 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 14.3 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 15.8 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
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 Lablachère
What is the population of Lablachère?
2,193 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,978).
How old are Lablachère’s residents?
The median age is 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lablachère?
340, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lablachère?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 83 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lablachère?
€24,880 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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