A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.4%
With flats at 8.1%, Toulaud is behind 90% of compared French towns on that count. On households without a car, Toulaud sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 4.4%. In 2023, the Census found 1,687 residents locally, living in 730 households. One-person households come to 28% here, about three in ten.
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.
+2% since 2012: slower than 64% 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
Over those years, the median Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
18% of residents are 65 or over, below 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
■ Toulaud 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.4% in Toulaud and 11% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, half of the town’s residents are over 46.5, older than in 66% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
In Toulaud, 32% of households are couples with children, more than in 85% 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
Average household size: 2.3 people. Lower than in 84% of compared French towns: 7.6% of households are single parents. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Toulaud: 4.7% of homes are second homes, above 75% 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
The share of empty homes trails just over three quarters of compared French towns: 4.9%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 29%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A median of €29,240 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,240 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
7.6% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 89% 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
In Toulaud, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person account for 26%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 84% of compared French towns: 2.8% of residents are immigrants
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
By its share of married residents (48%), Toulaud is above 83% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 86% 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
In Toulaud, just over two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,687 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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).
Toulaud and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toulaud | 46.5 | 18% | 4.7% | 2.8% |
| Charmes-sur-Rhône 3,143 · 2.6 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 2.8 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| Guilherand-Granges 11,235 · 3.4 mi | 49 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.3% |
| Portes-lès-Valence 10,477 · 3.5 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 9.8% |
| Valence 64,458 · 4.5 mi | 40.5 | 22% | 3.3% | 17% |
| Bourg-lès-Valence 19,992 · 5.2 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 1.1% | 11% |
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 Toulaud
What is the population of Toulaud?
1,687 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,662).
How old are Toulaud’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Toulaud?
38, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Toulaud?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Toulaud?
€29,240 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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