Households in social housing make up 1.9% in Soyons, less than in 97% of compared French towns
4.6% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). At the 2023 Census Soyons was home to 2,341 people in 1,050 households. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.3%. This Ardèche town has fewer one-person households than 90% of compared French towns, at 27%.
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.
A growing town: +16% since 2012, faster than 84% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardèche town +4%.
Half of Soyons is over 47.6, older than 72% 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
■ Soyons 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 91% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. More couples with children than in 59% of compared French towns: 27%.
Only 13% of homes are flats in Soyons
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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 0.8% in Soyons. For Soyons, the census puts empty homes at 8.2%. The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €28,980 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,980 a year: higher than in 78% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 76% of compared French towns: 15%
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 share of households headed by a manual worker trails 67% of compared French towns: 12%. Households headed by a retired person account for 35%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 88% of compared French towns: 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Soyons comes in at 3.2%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Soyons. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 10% of adults out of school have no qualification in Soyons
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
38% of Soyons’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 10% have no diploma (19%).
Of 41 French towns its size (2,341 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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Soyons, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soyons | 47.6 | 21% | 0.8% | 3.2% |
| Charmes-sur-Rhône 3,143 · 2.1 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Portes-lès-Valence 10,477 · 2.2 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 9.8% |
| Guilherand-Granges 11,235 · 2.8 mi | 49 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 3.1 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| Valence 64,458 · 3.5 mi | 40.5 | 22% | 3.3% | 17% |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône 5,468 · 4.4 mi | 43 | 20% | 2% | 4.4% |
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 Soyons
What is the population of Soyons?
2,341 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (2,014).
How old are Soyons’ residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 72% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soyons?
9, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soyons?
INSEE counts 75 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Soyons?
€28,980 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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