In Le Pouzin, 2.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing is 21%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 69% of compared French towns: 40% of households are one person living alone. In 2023, the Census found 2,886 residents in Le Pouzin, living in 1,330 households. Census figures put flats at 43% in the town.
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.
Le Pouzin changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 55% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 ±0%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardèche town +4%.
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 64% 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
■ Le Pouzin 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of Le Pouzin’s residents are over 45.6, older than in 61% of compared French towns.
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%.
Le Pouzin ranks below 77% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 8.3%
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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%).
14% of households have no car, more than in 64% 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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Le Pouzin comes in at 8.7%. 18% of households arrived within the last two years, while 20% have stayed 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car.
A typical living standard of €22,390 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 €22,390 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 86% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 21.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 95% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
2.2% of Le Pouzin’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 34% by a retired person (32%). As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 12% in Le Pouzin, more than in 77% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals here. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 77% 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.
58% of residents 15 and over live as a couple
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
Census figures put single residents at 25% in Le Pouzin. Married residents make up 43%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 31% of adults out of school have no qualification here. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 17th youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Avord (32.5), the youngest, and Batz-sur-Mer (60.3), the oldest.
Le Pouzin and its 6 nearest towns: 3 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 Pouzin | 45.6 | 25% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Loriol-sur-Drôme 6,614 · 3.3 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1.3% | 9.2% |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône 4,854 · 4.3 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 1.7% | 10% |
| Livron-sur-Drôme 9,329 · 5 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.4% | 4.8% |
| Chomérac 3,183 · 5 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 5.1% | 3.9% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 6.5 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
| Privas 8,538 · 7.6 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.3% | 10% |
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 Pouzin
What is the population of Le Pouzin?
2,886 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (2,785).
How old are Le Pouzin’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 61% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Pouzin?
26, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Pouzin?
INSEE counts 340 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 260 foreign nationals (8.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Pouzin?
€22,390 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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