25% of households are one person living alone, below 94% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Allan counted 1,980 residents and 820 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 4.6% of households have no car. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 90% of compared French towns: 8.3%.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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 Allan
Growing fast
Allan had 1,612 residents at the 2012 census and 1,980 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Allan’s population changed by +23% since 2012, more than in 93% 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
Here the change came as +7% to 2017, then +15% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +8% in Drôme.
Half of Allan is over 45.6, older than 61% 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
■ Allan 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 22% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 70% of compared French towns, at 29%
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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Allan sits higher than 56% of compared French towns: 10%.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 6.7% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
By its share of second homes (3.9%), Allan is above 70% of compared French towns. The census found that 6.8% of homes stand empty locally. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%.
€29,690 a year: the median standard of living
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 Allan’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,690 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
7.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 90% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Allan. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 33%, more than in half of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 83% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 1.6% in Allan and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 97% 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
49% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns: 13%
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
40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,980 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Allan sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan | 45.6 | 22% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 3.3 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 3.7 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Montélimar 40,595 · 4.4 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Donzère 6,008 · 5.6 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 7.5% |
| Viviers 3,633 · 5.7 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
| Le Teil 8,726 · 6.4 mi | 43 | 22% | 2.9% | 13% |
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 Allan
What is the population of Allan?
1,980 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (1,612).
How old are Allan’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Allan?
36, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Allan?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Allan?
€29,690 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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