Only 2.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Sécheras
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 14% in Sécheras. On second homes, Sécheras sits higher than 88% of compared French towns: 10%. In 2023, the Census found 516 residents in the town, living in 220 households. Locally, 4.5% of homes are flats.
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 Sécheras
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 9.5% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 35 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Sécheras behind 58% 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 median Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +10% and the next six −7%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 81% of compared French towns: 9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sécheras 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.8, Sécheras is younger than 60% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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%.
Couples with children: 35%, a higher share than 93% 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
One-person households: 31% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Only 2.1% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Sécheras
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
The figure for empty homes is 13% in Sécheras and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 4% of the total.
€25,980 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €25,980 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 36% in Sécheras, more than in 99% 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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Sécheras. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sécheras ranks below 79% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.3%
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.
In Sécheras, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 88% 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 share of married residents tops 84% of compared French towns: 48%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 17% 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
Put another way, about one in three: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 516 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Sécheras, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sécheras | 42.8 | 14% | 10% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 4.2 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 5.4 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 5.6 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Mercurol-Veaunes 2,816 · 7 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 4.5% | 2.2% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 7.2 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 8.5 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
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 Sécheras
What is the population of Sécheras?
516 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (502).
How old are Sécheras’ residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sécheras?
28, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sécheras?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sécheras?
€25,980 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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