Only 5.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Comps
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Comps has 1.5%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 137, in 68 households. Census figures put couples with children at 31% locally. Fewer households without a car than in 99% of compared French towns: 2.9%.
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 Comps
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Comps, 23% of its 100 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Comps had 164 residents at the 2012 census and 137 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Comps’ residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes are flats in Comps. One in ten homes stand empty. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −16% since 2012, behind 99% 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 median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −5% and the next six −12%.
Half of Comps is over 51.6, older than 88% 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
■ Comps 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 31%, a lower share than 73% 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. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. There are 2 people in the average household.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,010 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 median standard of living in Comps is €23,010 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Here, 31% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Comps sits below 62% of compared French towns for immigrants (5.1%)
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.
4.4% of residents are foreign nationals, a higher share than in 51% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Comps ranks above 96% of compared French towns on married residents: 52%
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 figure for single residents is 21% in Comps and 25% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 9.3% of adults out of school have no qualification in Comps
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 46% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 10th oldest of 41 French towns of 137 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.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Comps
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comps | 51.6 | 26% | 23% | 5.1% |
| Dieulefit 3,289 · 2.8 mi | 58 | 39% | 18% | 7.2% |
| Aouste-sur-Sye 2,733 · 11.6 mi | 46 | 24% | 3.7% | 4% |
| Crest 8,658 · 12.9 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 3.9% | 6.5% |
| Valréas 9,224 · 13.1 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 4.6% | 14% |
| Nyons 6,816 · 13.3 mi | 60.6 | 43% | 17% | 9.9% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 14.8 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
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 Comps
What is the population of Comps?
137 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (164).
How old are Comps’ residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Comps?
24, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Comps?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Comps?
€23,010 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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