In Die, 7.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns
17% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many households without a car: 18% here, more than in 77% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 4,844 residents and 2,510 households in Die. The census found that nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) locally.
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 Die
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 350 second homes and occasional dwellings in Die, 11% of its 3,190 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 72% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 89% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Of all households, 15% moved in during the last two years and 17% have stayed three decades or more. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in 82% of compared French towns. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Die comes in at 40%.
A growing town: +10% since 2012, faster than 70% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Drôme town +8%.
A median age of 50.6: Die is older than 85% 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
■ Die 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 29%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
A larger share of one-person households than 87% of compared French towns: 46%
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
9.4% of households are single parents, about the same as in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,390 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 Die is €23,390 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns. Some 21.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Die ranks below 74% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 10%
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
36% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. In Die, 7.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.7% of Die’s 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.
Immigrants make up about one in 15 here (6.7%). That is higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%. On foreign nationals, 4.3% here is much the same as 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.
Fewer married residents than 82% of compared French towns: 37%
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
By its share of single residents (27%), Die is above 64% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 35% in Die, more than in 68% 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
Adults with no qualification come to 18% in Die, about two in ten. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 4,806 to 4,883 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.
At the ends of the range sit Rosières-près-Troyes (32.7), the youngest, and Quiberon (63.9), the oldest.
Die 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Die | 50.6 | 29% | 11% | 6.7% |
| Aouste-sur-Sye 2,733 · 15.7 mi | 46 | 24% | 3.7% | 4% |
| Crest 8,658 · 17.3 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 3.9% | 6.5% |
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 Die
What is the population of Die?
4,844 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (4,392).
How old are Die’s residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Die?
350, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Die?
INSEE counts 330 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 210 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Die?
€23,390 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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