A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns, at 7.1%
Single-parent households make up 3.4%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 611 residents in Cliousclat, living in 300 households. About one in 32: that is how common households in social housing are in Cliousclat (3.1%). Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 75% of compared French towns.
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 Cliousclat
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cliousclat had 651 residents at the 2012 census and 611 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Cliousclat’s residents are under 51.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cliousclat’s population moved −6% on 2012, less than in 91% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Drôme town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Cliousclat is older than 87% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cliousclat 51.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 23% in Cliousclat, less than in 60% 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
Average household size: 2.1 people. More one-person households than in just over half of compared French towns: 35%. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Second homes make up 7.1% in Cliousclat, more than in 83% 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
One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. For Cliousclat, the census puts flats at 14%. This Drôme town has fewer households without a car than 69% of compared French towns, at 7.7%.
A typical living standard of €26,510 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 Cliousclat’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,510 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 56% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 8.5% in Cliousclat. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 71% of compared French towns: 4.3%
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 make up 2.8%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Cliousclat sits above 97% of compared French towns for married residents (53%)
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Cliousclat comes in at 19%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, a lower share than 73% 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
Graduates of higher education come to 30% in Cliousclat, about three in ten. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 611 to 2,582 people
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.
No nearby town is as old as Cliousclat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliousclat | 51.2 | 26% | 7.1% | 4.3% |
| Loriol-sur-Drôme 6,614 · 2 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1.3% | 9.2% |
| Le Pouzin 2,886 · 4.1 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Livron-sur-Drôme 9,329 · 4.1 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.4% | 4.8% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 5.3 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
| Allex 2,698 · 5.5 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 3.4% | 2% |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône 4,854 · 6.2 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 1.7% | 10% |
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 Cliousclat
What is the population of Cliousclat?
611 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (651).
How old are Cliousclat’s residents?
The median age is 51.2, older than 87% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cliousclat?
24, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cliousclat?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cliousclat?
€26,510 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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