In Allex, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
Nearly one in ten homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Households without a car make up about one in 20 here (4.9%). Few places have so few households in social housing: 4.7% here, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns. Allex’s 1,110 households held 2,698 residents at the 2023 Census.
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.
Allex’s population changed by +9% since 2012, more than in 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Drôme town +8%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20% in Allex, less than in 67% 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
■ Allex 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.6, Allex is younger than 53% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The census found that one in ten residents are 15 to 24 locally.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Allex: 31% of households are couples with children, above 81% 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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 11% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Average household size: 2.4 people. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Allex: 3.4% of homes are second homes, above 65% 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
One in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 20% have been in their home 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 6.1%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,120 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.
Half of Allex’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,120 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 72% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 8.0% of residents.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 63% of compared French towns: 12%
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (31%), Allex is below three fifths of compared French towns. On households headed by a manual worker, Allex sits lower than 65% of compared French towns: 12%. 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).
Allex sits below 91% of compared French towns for immigrants (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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1% in Allex. 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.
A higher share of married residents than 87% of compared French towns, at 49%
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 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 12% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 Allex, just over two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,668 to 2,731 people), the 15th 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.
Ages run from 34 in Roissy-en-France to 63.6 in Piriac-sur-Mer.
Allex 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allex | 43.6 | 20% | 3.4% | 2% |
| Livron-sur-Drôme 9,329 · 4 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.4% | 4.8% |
| Loriol-sur-Drôme 6,614 · 5 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1.3% | 9.2% |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône 5,468 · 5.2 mi | 43 | 20% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Montmeyran 2,960 · 5.7 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 3% |
| Crest 8,658 · 5.7 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 3.9% | 6.5% |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence 4,337 · 7 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.1% |
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 Allex
What is the population of Allex?
2,698 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (2,474).
How old are Allex’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Allex?
41, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Allex?
INSEE counts 54 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Allex?
€28,120 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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