A higher share of second homes than 84% of compared French towns, at 7.3%
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Meysse is home to 1,366 residents in 610 households, by the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 4.8%. 9.9% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 79% 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.
Meysse’s population moved +1% on 2012, less than in 65% 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
The first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, +4%.
A median age of 41.2: Meysse is younger than 72% 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
■ Meysse 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 63% of compared French towns, at 28%
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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 55% of compared French towns. With one-person households at 36%, Meysse is ahead of 54% of compared French towns on that count.
In Meysse, 7.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 71% 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 14 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Locally, one in ten households rent social housing (HLM). Lower than in 60% of compared French towns: 24% of homes are flats.
Median living standard: €25,890 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.
Half of Meysse’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,890 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Meysse sits below 68% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (29%)
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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.6% of residents are immigrants, below 85% 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, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. To put it in context, 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.
Only 41% of residents 15 and over are married in Meysse
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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Meysse, 27%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 26% in Meysse, less than in 65% 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
In Meysse, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,366 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th youngest
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).
Meysse is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meysse | 41.2 | 18% | 7.3% | 2.6% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 3.8 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
| Montélimar 40,595 · 4.1 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Le Teil 8,726 · 4.9 mi | 43 | 22% | 2.9% | 13% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 5.8 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Chomérac 3,183 · 7.2 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 5.1% | 3.9% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 8 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
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 Meysse
What is the population of Meysse?
1,366 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (1,351).
How old are Meysse’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Meysse?
54, with occasional dwellings: 7.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Meysse?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Meysse?
€25,890 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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