Second homes: 43%, a higher share than 97% of compared French towns
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 2% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Silhac. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 407 residents in the town, living in 200 households. 6.1% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 16.
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 Silhac
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Silhac, 43% of its 380 homes: higher than in 97% 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.
1.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
17% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 11% moved in within the last two years. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 5%, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns.
Faster growth than 70% of compared French towns: Silhac changed by +10% since 2012
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 −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +11%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardèche town +4%.
Half of Silhac is over 48.9, older than 79% 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
■ Silhac 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25%, above 68% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Above 85% of compared French towns: 13% of households are single parents
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
Couples with children make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Silhac has more one-person households than 54% of compared French towns, at 36%. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,510 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.
At €23,510 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 84% of compared French towns, at 5.1%
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
7.7% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 33% in Silhac.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Silhac ranks below 78% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.4%
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.
In Silhac, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
44% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 58% 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
Here, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Silhac, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 88% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Silhac. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (407 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Silhac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silhac | 48.9 | 25% | 43% | 3.4% |
| Le Cheylard 2,803 · 9.3 mi | 56.8 | 38% | 8.3% | 2.2% |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône 4,854 · 9.7 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 1.7% | 10% |
| Privas 8,538 · 10.2 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Charmes-sur-Rhône 3,143 · 11 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Le Pouzin 2,886 · 11.1 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 11.9 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
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 Silhac
What is the population of Silhac?
407 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (370).
How old are Silhac’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Silhac?
160, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Silhac?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Silhac?
€23,510 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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