49% of homes are second homes, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 3.9% in Sainte-Eulalie. Lower than in 86% of compared French towns: 11% of homes are flats. The town’s 110 households held 209 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, 5.1% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Sainte-Eulalie
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sainte-Eulalie, 49% of its 240 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sainte-Eulalie had 229 residents at the 2012 census and 209 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
51% of Sainte-Eulalie’s households are one person: higher than in 95% of compared French towns; 45% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Sainte-Eulalie’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Sainte-Eulalie, 4.9% of households have no car, fewer than in 88% 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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 4.1% of homes stand empty here. The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town. 29% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.2% moved in within the last two years.
Sainte-Eulalie changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 96% 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 −3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Sainte-Eulalie is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sainte-Eulalie 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Sainte-Eulalie, 29%. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.1% in the town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Sainte-Eulalie, 51% of households are one person living alone, more than in 95% 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
With couples with children at 19%, Sainte-Eulalie is behind 79% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.9 people each. At 8.9%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
€20,540 a year: the median standard of living
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 €20,540 a year: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 4.2%, a lower share than 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
Roughly three in ten: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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.
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
Sainte-Eulalie sits above 79% of compared French towns for single residents (30%)
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 40% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Adults with no qualification account for 18%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 209 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Sainte-Eulalie is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Eulalie | 51.5 | 29% | 49% | 1.4% |
| Le Cheylard 2,803 · 13.4 mi | 56.8 | 38% | 8.3% | 2.2% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 13.4 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 16.8 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Langogne 2,836 · 17.5 mi | 52 | 32% | 18% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 17.7 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon 2,501 · 18 mi | 57.9 | 38% | 36% | 5.9% |
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 Sainte-Eulalie
What is the population of Sainte-Eulalie?
209 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (229).
How old are Sainte-Eulalie’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Eulalie?
120, with occasional dwellings: 49% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Eulalie?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Eulalie?
€20,540 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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