Second homes make up 34% in Les Assions, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Les Assions comes in at 19%. The 2023 Census counted 767 residents in 380 households. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.3% of residents are 15 to 24. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Les Assions
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Assions, 34% of its 650 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 92% 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 Les Assions’ residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car: 3.6%, a lower share than 96% 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 the last two years, one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 20% have stayed 30 years or more. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. At 7.5%, the share of flats is lower than in 91% of compared French towns. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 7.6%.
+14% since 2012, a pace 79% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +10%; 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Les Assions is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Assions 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Les Assions sits above 59% of compared French towns for one-person households (37%)
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 people on average. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 65% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €25,570 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.
Half of Les Assions’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,570 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Les Assions sits above 70% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (36%)
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 Les Assions, 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a manual worker: 15% here and 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 65% of compared French towns: 6.2%
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.
On the census count, 7.1% of residents are immigrants. That is higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Les Assions
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
The share of married residents tops nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 45%. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Les Assions, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 80% 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
Here 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Ranked by age, 9th 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).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Les Assions
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Assions | 52.2 | 32% | 34% | 7.1% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 2.5 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 9.8 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 9.6% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 11.7 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 15.7 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| La Grand-Combe 4,783 · 16.1 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1% | 11% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 16.6 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
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 Les Assions
What is the population of Les Assions?
767 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (675).
How old are Les Assions’ residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Assions?
220, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Assions?
INSEE counts 54 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 48 foreign nationals (6.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Assions?
€25,570 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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