Half of Ambonil is over 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Ambonil had 106 residents in 52 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 1.9% of homes stand empty in the town. The figure for households without a car is 3.8% in Ambonil and 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Ambonil
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ambonil had 121 residents at the 2012 census and 106 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Ambonil’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 11% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 98% of compared French towns: Ambonil changed by −12% since 2012
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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Drôme town +8%. The change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and −6% from 2017 to 2023.
16% of residents are 15 to 24, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ambonil 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Ambonil: 27% of households are couples with children, above 61% 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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 36% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%).
Flats: 5.3%, a lower share than 95% 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 figure for second homes is 9.5% in Ambonil and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
€27,590 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 residents live in households above €27,590 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 27% in Ambonil, more than in 99% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Ambonil has 36%. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
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 84% 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 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.
More married residents than 86% of compared French towns: 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
In Ambonil, 24% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 9.8% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 48% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Ambonil. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 106 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Ambonil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambonil | 53.2 | 25% | 9.5% | 2.8% |
| Allex 2,698 · 2 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 3.4% | 2% |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône 5,468 · 3.2 mi | 43 | 20% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Livron-sur-Drôme 9,329 · 3.5 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.4% | 4.8% |
| Montmeyran 2,960 · 4.4 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 3% |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence 4,337 · 5.2 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.1% |
| Loriol-sur-Drôme 6,614 · 5.4 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1.3% | 9.2% |
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 Ambonil
What is the population of Ambonil?
106 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (121).
How old are Ambonil’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ambonil?
6, with occasional dwellings: 9.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ambonil?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ambonil?
€27,590 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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