Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional
The share of one-person households is 44%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Across Lalevade-d'Ardèche, nearly one in ten homes are second homes. With a median age of 47.5, Lalevade-d'Ardèche is older than 72% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,120, in 530 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 Lalevade-d'Ardèche
Empty homes
The census found 92 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lalevade-d'Ardèche’s population moved −3% on 2012, less than in 83% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardèche town +4%.
Lalevade-d'Ardèche: 27% of residents are 65 or over, above 78% 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
■ Lalevade-d'Ardèche 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% in Lalevade-d'Ardèche, about one in ten. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
A lower share of couples with children than 67% of compared French towns, at 22%
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 average household has 2.1 people. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 9.6%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Lalevade-d'Ardèche, 13% of homes stand empty, more than in 92% 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
In Lalevade-d'Ardèche, 36% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 16% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in six. More households without a car than in 61% of compared French towns: 13%.
€21,490 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €21,490 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Lalevade-d'Ardèche ranks above 73% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 37%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, one in ten households are headed by a manual worker here. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lalevade-d'Ardèche sits below 71% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.2%)
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 make up about one in 27 here (3.7%). Across the comparison, 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.
Single residents: 30%, a higher share than 80% 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
Married residents make up 38%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Lalevade-d'Ardèche, less than in 88% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,120 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Lalevade-d'Ardèche
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lalevade-d'Ardèche | 47.5 | 27% | 8.4% | 4.2% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 2.2 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 4.1 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 4.7 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 3,031 · 11.1 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 8% | 5.1% |
| Privas 8,538 · 14.6 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Chomérac 3,183 · 17.4 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 5.1% | 3.9% |
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 Lalevade-d'Ardèche
What is the population of Lalevade-d'Ardèche?
1,120 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,160).
How old are Lalevade-d'Ardèche’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lalevade-d'Ardèche?
57, with occasional dwellings: 8.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lalevade-d'Ardèche?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lalevade-d'Ardèche?
€21,490 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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