Clansayes is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.7
Households without a car: 2.6%, below 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 0.4% of households rent social housing (HLM). 6.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, a lower share than in 93% of compared French towns. Clansayes is home to 517 residents in 230 households, by 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.
What stands out about the people of Clansayes
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Clansayes, 15% of its 290 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 86% 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 Clansayes’ residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Clansayes, 15% of homes are second homes, more than in 91% 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
In Clansayes, nearly one in ten homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 6.1%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 61% of compared French towns: Clansayes changed by +2% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Drôme town, the change came in two steps: +4% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Clansayes sits above 81% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (28%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Clansayes 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 86% of compared French towns: 8.7%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Clansayes ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 21%
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 4.3%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 28%, above 63% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €30,600 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 Clansayes’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,600 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 43% of households are headed by a retired person
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 96% of compared French towns: 1.5% of residents are immigrants
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Clansayes comes in at 1.2%. The median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% 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.
In Clansayes, 59% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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, 16% of residents 15 and over are single here. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 76% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Here 35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 517 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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).
Clansayes is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clansayes | 53.7 | 28% | 15% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux 8,981 · 2.5 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 6.6% | 8.8% |
| Pierrelatte 13,756 · 4.8 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Donzère 6,008 · 6.2 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 7.5% |
| Bollène 14,024 · 6.5 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.6% | 14% |
| Lapalud 3,853 · 7.2 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol 7,661 · 7.8 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.9% | 14% |
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 Clansayes
What is the population of Clansayes?
517 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (507).
How old are Clansayes’ residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Clansayes?
44, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Clansayes?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Clansayes?
€30,600 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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