Half of Bénivay-Ollon is over 57.9, older than 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 17% of households are couples with children, or about one in six. At the 2023 Census, 69 people lived in Bénivay-Ollon, in 34 households. Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 83% of households are headed by a retired person here.
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 Bénivay-Ollon
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bénivay-Ollon, 43% of its 61 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Bénivay-Ollon’s residents are under 57.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 43%, a higher share than 97% 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
Flats: 3.8%, below 97% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 37% have stayed three decades or more. Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A +8% change since 2012: faster than 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
The change was +3% from 2012 to 2017 and +5% from 2017 to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bénivay-Ollon 57.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Bénivay-Ollon has 6.4%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 33%, a lower share than 59% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households here average 1.8 people each. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
The largest group of households: retired (83%)
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Bénivay-Ollon, 11% of residents are immigrants, more than in 73% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Bénivay-Ollon has 7.3%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 52% in Bénivay-Ollon, more than in 95% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 30% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Bénivay-Ollon: 27% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 84% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Bénivay-Ollon, 27%. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Older than Bénivay-Ollon: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Bénivay-Ollon
What is the population of Bénivay-Ollon?
69 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (64).
How old are Bénivay-Ollon’s residents?
The median age is 57.9, older than 97% of compared French towns. 8.3% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bénivay-Ollon?
26, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bénivay-Ollon?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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