In Talencieux, 2.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
With flats at 3.7%, Talencieux is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. Put another way, about one in four: 24% of households are one person living alone. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns. 1,112 residents in 460 households: that is Talencieux at the 2023 Census.
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 Talencieux
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 5.5% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Talencieux has grown +9%, faster than 67% 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 change was +5% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, a lower share than 76% 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
■ Talencieux 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Talencieux is 42.9, lower than in 59% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 33%, a higher share than 89% 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 2.4 people each. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.5%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Talencieux, 4.6% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 81% 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
Turnover: 8.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 2%.
€27,470 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.
Half of Talencieux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,470 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 5.4% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 20% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 71% of compared French towns: 29% of households are headed by a retired person. Elsewhere, 9.4% of 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).
Fewer immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Talencieux. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
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, below 84% 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 81% of compared French towns: 14%
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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Talencieux, 35%. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,112 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Talencieux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talencieux | 42.9 | 18% | 2% | 1.2% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 2.8 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 3.4 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 4.2 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Annonay 17,274 · 5.3 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 5.5 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 5.5 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
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 Talencieux
What is the population of Talencieux?
1,112 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,017).
How old are Talencieux’s residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Talencieux?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Talencieux?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Talencieux?
€27,470 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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