4.8% of homes are flats, below 96% of compared French towns
4.3% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. At 4%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 93% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,770 residents and 770 households in Quintenas. Households in social housing: 4.7% of the total.
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 Quintenas
Growing fast
Quintenas had 1,474 residents at the 2012 census and 1,770 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +20% since 2012 puts Quintenas ahead of 90% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +11%, and from 2017 to 2023 +9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardèche town +4%.
Quintenas sits below 74% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.4%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Quintenas 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.2, Quintenas is older than 58% of compared French towns. 23% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
Quintenas sits below 90% of compared French towns for one-person households (26%)
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. Fewer single-parent households than in 72% of compared French towns: 8.6%. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Quintenas sits close to the norm on couples with children: 25%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Second homes: 3.1%, a higher share than 63% 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
29% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9% moved in within the last two years. Few places have as many empty homes: 7.4% here, more than in 58% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,590 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €25,590 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 40%
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 Quintenas, nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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).
1.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 98% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Quintenas has 0.6%. The wider picture: 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.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 92% 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
Married residents: 49%, above 88% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 27%, a lower share than 61% 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
On adults with no qualification, Quintenas sits higher than 56% of compared French towns: 20%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 20th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,770 to 2,582 people
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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Quintenas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quintenas | 45.2 | 23% | 3.1% | 1.3% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 2.6 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 2.8 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Annonay 17,274 · 3.8 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 4.5 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 6.3 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Bourg-Argental 2,886 · 9.5 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 6.2% | 2.4% |
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 Quintenas
What is the population of Quintenas?
1,770 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (1,474).
How old are Quintenas’ residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Quintenas?
27, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Quintenas?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Quintenas?
€25,590 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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