31% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Pranles counted 499 residents and 220 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 29: 3.5% of households have no car. The share of single-parent households trails 92% of compared French towns: 6.6%.
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 Pranles
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pranles, 31% of its 370 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.2% of homes are flats
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 typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Pranles has 8.4%. Against that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Pranles grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 60% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then +2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 50.2: Pranles is older than 84% 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
■ Pranles 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Pranles, 8.2%. On the census count, 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 28% of households are one person living alone in Pranles
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. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many couples with children: 27% here, more than in 61% of compared French towns.
A median of €24,350 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 residents live in households above €24,350 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a retired person, below 91% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 23%, above 91% of compared French towns. Across Pranles, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Against that, 32% 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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 share of foreign nationals trails 78% of compared French towns: 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 67% 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
41% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no qualification
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: 32% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 499 to 2,582 people, the 14th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Pranles, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pranles | 50.2 | 21% | 31% | 2.4% |
| Privas 8,538 · 3.2 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Chomérac 3,183 · 6.3 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 5.1% | 3.9% |
| Le Pouzin 2,886 · 8.5 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 1.8% | 12% |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône 4,854 · 10.3 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 1.7% | 10% |
| Loriol-sur-Drôme 6,614 · 11.8 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1.3% | 9.2% |
| Le Cheylard 2,803 · 11.8 mi | 56.8 | 38% | 8.3% | 2.2% |
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 Pranles
What is the population of Pranles?
499 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (465).
How old are Pranles’ residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pranles?
110, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pranles?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pranles?
€24,350 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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