Photo: Vpe · Public domainEmpty homes: 12%, a higher share than 89% of compared French towns
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (19%), Le Teil is above just over four fifths of compared French towns. The town had 8,726 residents in 3,950 households at the 2023 Census. One-person households come to 39% in the town, about four in ten. Few places have as many flats: 44% here, more than in 68% 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 Teil
Empty homes
The census found 560 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +6% change since 2012: faster than 57% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ardèche town +4%.
A median age of 43: Le Teil is younger than 58% 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 Teil 43. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Lower than in 53% of compared French towns: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
11% of households are single parents, more than in 63% 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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Fewer couples with children than in 55% of compared French towns: 24%.
A higher share of households in social housing than 66% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 Le Teil, just over one in ten households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 14% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 17%. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 2.9%, more than in 60% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €21,980 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €21,980 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 26.0% of residents.
Le Teil sits below 82% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5.4%)
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
On the census count, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. Typically, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 81% of compared French towns, at 13%
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.
Just over one in ten residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Typically, 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 larger share of single residents than 65% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Le Teil
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Le Teil has 25%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 19th 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.
The youngest is Saint-Jory (34.3), the oldest Le Grau-du-Roi (62.3).
Around Le Teil, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Teil | 43 | 22% | 2.9% | 13% |
| Montélimar 40,595 · 3.4 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 4.2 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
| Viviers 3,633 · 4.4 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 6.2 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Donzère 6,008 · 7.5 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 7.5% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 8.6 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
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 Teil
What is the population of Le Teil?
8,726 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (8,197).
How old are Le Teil’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Teil?
130, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Teil?
INSEE counts 1,130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 950 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Teil?
€21,980 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 26.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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