Plats sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (42%)
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Plats has 2.4%. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 13%. On second homes, Plats sits higher than 87% of compared French towns: 9.5%. The town had 828 residents in 330 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Plats
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 4.6% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 60% of compared French towns grew faster than Plats: +2%
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 change was +6%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ardèche town +4%.
A median age of 40.7: Plats is younger than 75% 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
■ Plats 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 10% in Plats, about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Plats ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 4.6%
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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Plats has 25%. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Households here average 2.5 people each.
Plats sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (2.4%)
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
Of all households, 9% moved in during the last two years and 18% have stayed three decades or more. As a reference point, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 7.2%, more than in 56% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,280 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.
The median standard of living in Plats is €26,280 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Plats: 27% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 98% of compared French towns
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Plats. On top of that, on households headed by a retired person, Plats sits lower than 76% of compared French towns: 27%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.2% of residents are immigrants
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.
The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Plats, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns
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 figure for married residents is 47% in Plats and 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Plats ranks below 75% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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
Graduates of higher education are rarer here than in 53% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (828 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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).
Plats sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plats | 40.7 | 13% | 9.5% | 1.2% |
| La Roche-de-Glun 3,569 · 3.5 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Pont-de-l'Isère 3,681 · 4.4 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 1.3% | 5.6% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 4.4 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 5.3 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 5.6 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| Guilherand-Granges 11,235 · 6.9 mi | 49 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.3% |
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 Plats
What is the population of Plats?
828 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (809).
How old are Plats’ residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plats?
38, with occasional dwellings: 9.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plats?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plats?
€26,280 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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