Half of Cornillon-sur-l'Oule is over 58, older than 97% of compared French towns
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Cornillon-sur-l'Oule has 11%. Here, 4% of homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 75 people lived in the town, in 47 households.
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 Cornillon-sur-l'Oule
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 51 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cornillon-sur-l'Oule, 50% of its 100 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 92% 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 Cornillon-sur-l'Oule’s residents are under 58 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
67% of Cornillon-sur-l'Oule’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 50% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 50%, 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
Turnover: 20% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten homes are flats, a lower share than in 83% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, households without a car make up 22%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
A change of −1% since 2012 leaves Cornillon-sur-l'Oule behind 75% 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
In two steps, −9% to 2017 and +9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +8% in Drôme.
In Cornillon-sur-l'Oule, 5.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Cornillon-sur-l'Oule 58. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Cornillon-sur-l'Oule has 38%. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
More one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 67%
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
A household here holds 1.6 people on average. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Cornillon-sur-l'Oule: 67% of households are headed by a retired person, above 99% of compared French towns
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 75% of compared French towns: 8.1% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants in Cornillon-sur-l'Oule. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
42% of residents 15 and over are married, below 59% 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
Across Cornillon-sur-l'Oule, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns, at 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
In Cornillon-sur-l'Oule, 27% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 75 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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).
No nearby town is as young as Cornillon-sur-l'Oule
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 Cornillon-sur-l'Oule
What is the population of Cornillon-sur-l'Oule?
75 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (76).
How old are Cornillon-sur-l'Oule’s residents?
The median age is 58, older than 97% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cornillon-sur-l'Oule?
51, with occasional dwellings: 50% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cornillon-sur-l'Oule?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (8.1%). 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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