A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 28%
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Andancette has 8.5%. Across Andancette, 22% of homes are flats. The median age in the town is 45.3, higher than in 58% of compared French towns. This Drôme town had 1,330 residents in 620 households 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.
+2% since 2012, a pace below 62% 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 +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Drôme town +8%.
Andancette sits below 63% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (10%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Andancette 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
More residents aged 65 and over than in just over half of compared French towns: 22%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 8.2% of households are single parents
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
37% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Households average 2.1 people. Couples with children are more common here than in just over half of compared French towns. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
In Andancette, 15% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 61% 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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.7%. Set beside that, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 8.5% of the total.
Half above, half below €25,130 a year in 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.
At €25,130 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 77% of compared French towns: 6%
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 (37%), Andancette is above 75% of compared French towns. On average, 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).
Immigrants make up 7.3% of Andancette’s residents
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.
About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Andancette (7.3%). That is higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%. Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 4.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Andancette
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
By its share of married residents (44%), Andancette is above nearly three fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Andancette ranks below 91% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 18%
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 85% of compared French towns: 27%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 1,330 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st oldest
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).
Andancette is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andancette | 45.3 | 22% | 1.7% | 7.3% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 3.4 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
| Anneyron 4,169 · 4.1 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 4.4 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 4.8 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Chanas 2,706 · 4.9 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 3% | 11% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 5.4 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
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 Andancette
What is the population of Andancette?
1,330 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,306).
How old are Andancette’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Andancette?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Andancette?
INSEE counts 97 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 63 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Andancette?
€25,130 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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