4.3% of households are single parents, below 99% of compared French towns
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 14% in Ancône. There were 600 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 1,338 residents. Across Ancône, 5.6% of households have no car. Fewer households in social housing than in 84% of compared French towns: 5.5%.
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.
A +8% change since 2012: faster than 64% 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 +9%; 2017 to 2023, ±0%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Drôme town +8%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21%, a lower share than 57% 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
■ Ancône 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.8, Ancône is younger than 52% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. For Ancône, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 31%, a lower share than 72% 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
Households average 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. At 27%, the share of couples with children is higher than in just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Ancône ranks below 79% of compared French towns on second homes: 1.1%
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 household in 18 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 8.7% of households moved in; at the other end, 22% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have so few empty homes: 6.2% here, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,100 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,100 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 59% of compared French towns: 11%
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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in eight. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 51% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ancône ranks below 73% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.1%
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: 2.2% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Ancône: 44% of residents 15 and over are married, above 60% 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
The share of single residents stands at 26%. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 53% 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
Put another way, about one in three: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,338 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Ancône, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancône | 43.8 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.1% |
| Montélimar 40,595 · 2.1 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Le Teil 8,726 · 3.3 mi | 43 | 22% | 2.9% | 13% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 4.3 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 5.6 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 5.9 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
| Viviers 3,633 · 7.1 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 Ancône
What is the population of Ancône?
1,338 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (1,234).
How old are Ancône’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ancône?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ancône?
INSEE counts 54 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ancône?
€26,100 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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