A higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 22%
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 8.7% in Saint-Thomé. Few places have so few households without a car: 4.6% here, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 480 residents and 220 households locally. On the census count, 7% of households are single parents.
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 Saint-Thomé
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 67 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Thomé, 22% of its 300 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 97% 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.
Only 4.4% of homes stand empty in Saint-Thomé
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
21% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 14% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty.
A +11% change since 2012: Saint-Thomé grew faster than 73% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, +8%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ardèche town +4%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns: 6.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Thomé 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, above just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 30%, a lower share than 75% of compared French towns
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. At 26%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 52% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €27,160 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 midpoint of living standards here is €27,160 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Above 62% of compared French towns: 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 16% in Saint-Thomé and 14% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 30% of households are headed by a retired person. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.5% of residents are immigrants, below 97% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1%, below 93% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Saint-Thomé
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 87% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Saint-Thomé has 38%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (480 to 2,582 people), the 21st 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Saint-Thomé, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Thomé | 45.7 | 24% | 22% | 1.5% |
| Viviers 3,633 · 3 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
| Le Teil 8,726 · 4.1 mi | 43 | 22% | 2.9% | 13% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 4.9 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
| Donzère 6,008 · 6.2 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 7.5% |
| Montélimar 40,595 · 7 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 3,031 · 7 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 8% | 5.1% |
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 Saint-Thomé
What is the population of Saint-Thomé?
480 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (432).
How old are Saint-Thomé’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Thomé?
67, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Thomé?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Thomé?
€27,160 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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