Uzer ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.5%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Uzer has 4.8%. Lower than in 84% of compared French towns: 11% of homes are flats. At the 2023 Census Uzer was home to 421 people in 210 households. Households headed by a retired person come to 38% here, about four 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.
What stands out about the people of Uzer
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 35 second homes and occasional dwellings in Uzer, 12% of its 290 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 80% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Uzer’s residents are under 52.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 41 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Uzer had 444 residents at the 2012 census and 421 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
8.7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Uzer has more second homes than 90% of compared French towns, at 12%. Households without a car: 7.7% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
A change of −5% since 2012 leaves Uzer behind 89% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −7%; 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Uzer is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Uzer 52.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 29% in Uzer and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 63% 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
On average, 2 people share a household. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are more common here than in 60% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,740 a year: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
In Uzer, 5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 86% 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
17% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Typically, nearly one in ten 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).
Only 5.5% of residents are immigrants in Uzer
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 59% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
45% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 63% 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
Single residents make up 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Uzer, less than in 71% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Uzer comes in at 17%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 9th oldest of 41 French towns of 421 to 2,582 people
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).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Uzer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uzer | 52.1 | 29% | 12% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 5.9 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 7.4 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 3,031 · 9.1 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 8% | 5.1% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 10.2 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 12.5 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Viviers 3,633 · 17.5 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
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 Uzer
What is the population of Uzer?
421 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (444).
How old are Uzer’s residents?
The median age is 52.1, older than 89% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Uzer?
35, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Uzer?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Uzer?
€24,740 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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