Pailharès is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.6
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 29: 3.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. At the 2023 Census, 310 people lived in Pailharès, in 140 households. The share of one-person households trails 86% of compared French towns: 28%.
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 Pailharès
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 82 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pailharès, 33% of its 250 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Pailharès’ residents are under 53.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pailharès ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 33%
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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Pailharès. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 29: 3.5% of households have no car. Few places have so few flats: 5.6% here, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Pailharès has grown +14%, faster than 79% 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%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −11%; from 2017 to 2023, +27%.
Only 6.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Pailharès
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pailharès 53.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents are 65 or over here. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 76 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 91% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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
The average household has 2.2 people. At 21%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 71% of compared French towns. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A median of €20,980 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €20,980 a year: lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 48% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Pailharès comes in at 6.9%. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 74% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Pailharès, 3.2%. 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.
More married residents than 85% of compared French towns: 48%
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 Pailharès, 27%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
More graduates of higher education than 68% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Pailharès. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Pailharès, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pailharès | 53.6 | 27% | 33% | 3.9% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 11 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Annonay 17,274 · 12.5 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon 2,501 · 12.5 mi | 57.9 | 38% | 36% | 5.9% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 12.5 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 13.3 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Tence 3,111 · 13.3 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 19% | 1.9% |
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 Pailharès
What is the population of Pailharès?
310 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (273).
How old are Pailharès’ residents?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pailharès?
82, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pailharès?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pailharès?
€20,980 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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