A median age of 54.7: Le Crestet is older than 93% of compared French towns
The share of single-parent households is 6.1%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Le Crestet is home to 518 residents in 260 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in 16: that is how common flats are in Le Crestet (6.3%). Empty homes are more common here than in four fifths 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 Le Crestet
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 88 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Crestet, 23% of its 380 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Le Crestet’s residents are under 54.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 23% in Le Crestet, more than in 94% 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
One household in 19 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Le Crestet, the census puts households without a car at 5.2%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Le Crestet’s population moved −3% on 2012, less than in 81% 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: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
Above 76% of compared French towns: 27% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Crestet 54.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. 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 92 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 smaller share of couples with children than 78% of compared French towns: 19%
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 people. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, Le Crestet sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 36%.
Half above, half below €24,960 a year in standard of living
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 Le Crestet’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,960 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 72% of compared French towns: 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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in just over half of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Le Crestet sits below 98% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.3%)
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Le Crestet comes in at 0.4%. Elsewhere, 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 88% of compared French towns, at 21%
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 (47%), Le Crestet is above 77% of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Le Crestet ranks below 61% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 27%
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Le Crestet (20%). Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 518 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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).
Le Crestet and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Crestet | 54.7 | 27% | 23% | 1.3% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 10.6 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| La Roche-de-Glun 3,569 · 10.8 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 11.2 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 11.3 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| Pont-de-l'Isère 3,681 · 11.7 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 1.3% | 5.6% |
| Le Cheylard 2,803 · 12.2 mi | 56.8 | 38% | 8.3% | 2.2% |
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 Le Crestet
What is the population of Le Crestet?
518 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (534).
How old are Le Crestet’s residents?
The median age is 54.7, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Crestet?
88, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Crestet?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Crestet?
€24,960 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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