Tournon-sur-Rhône: 55% of homes are flats, above 80% of compared French towns
Couples with children: 20% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Tournon-sur-Rhône counted 11,279 residents and 5,320 households at the 2023 Census. 10% of homes stand empty, or about one in ten. On households without a car, Tournon-sur-Rhône sits higher than 72% of compared French towns: 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.
Since 2012, Tournon-sur-Rhône has changed by +5%, slower than 51% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardèche town +4%.
Above 64% of compared French towns: 24% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tournon-sur-Rhône 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 12% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. With a median age of 44.3, Tournon-sur-Rhône is older than 52% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 79% of compared French towns: 43%
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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Single-parent households make up 9.5%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Tournon-sur-Rhône sits below 65% of compared French towns for households in social housing (9%)
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
Car-free households: one in six, where the median compared French town has 11%. Households in social housing make up 12% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put second homes at 2.3% in Tournon-sur-Rhône.
Median living standard: €24,740 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 €24,740 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 63% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 17.0% of residents are below the line.
Above 67% of compared French towns: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 manager or professional stands at 9.8%. At 32%, households headed by a retired person sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 10% in Tournon-sur-Rhône, more than in 72% of compared French towns
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 the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Tournon-sur-Rhône, 8.2%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, below 76% 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
29% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Tournon-sur-Rhône ranks above 65% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 22%
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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th highest median age among 41 French towns of 11,013 to 11,536
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Cesson is the youngest (38.2); Arcachon the oldest (67.4).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Tournon-sur-Rhône
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournon-sur-Rhône | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 0.9 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| Mercurol-Veaunes 2,816 · 2.9 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 4.5% | 2.2% |
| La Roche-de-Glun 3,569 · 3.3 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Pont-de-l'Isère 3,681 · 4.1 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 1.3% | 5.6% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Isère 4,281 · 6.6 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 6% | 3.3% |
| Bourg-lès-Valence 19,992 · 8.1 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 Tournon-sur-Rhône
What is the population of Tournon-sur-Rhône?
11,279 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (10,781).
How old are Tournon-sur-Rhône’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tournon-sur-Rhône?
140, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tournon-sur-Rhône?
INSEE counts 1,170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 920 foreign nationals (8.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tournon-sur-Rhône?
€24,740 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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