Dieulefit is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Dieulefit, 10%. There were 1,680 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 3,289 residents. About one in two: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Dieulefit (47%). This Drôme town has fewer couples with children than 89% of compared French towns, at 15%.
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 Dieulefit
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 420 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dieulefit, 18% of its 2,340 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 90% 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 Dieulefit’s residents are under 58 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Dieulefit’s households are one person: higher than in 90% of compared French towns; 36% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dieulefit: 18% of homes are second homes, above 92% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Dieulefit has 7.9%. Of all households, 11% moved in during the last two years and 14% have stayed three decades or more. More households without a car than in 61% of compared French towns: 13%. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
+9% since 2012, a pace 65% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +4% and the next six +4%.
39% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dieulefit 58. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 6% in Dieulefit. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 80 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.
Dieulefit: 48% of households are one person living alone, above 90% 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
Nearly one in ten households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,770 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 residents live in households above €24,770 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 63% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 18.0% of residents.
Dieulefit sits below 85% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (8.4%)
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
About one in ten: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Dieulefit (9.9%). In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.2% of Dieulefit’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.
The median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 55% of compared French towns. Across Dieulefit, 5% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 35% of residents 15 and over are married in Dieulefit
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%), Dieulefit is above 61% of compared French towns. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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: 18% of the total. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd highest median age among 41 French towns of 3,251 to 3,328
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 Lespinasse (36.5), the youngest, and Carantec (60.5), the oldest.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Dieulefit
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieulefit | 58 | 39% | 18% | 7.2% |
| Valréas 9,224 · 10.5 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 4.6% | 14% |
| Nyons 6,816 · 11.9 mi | 60.6 | 43% | 17% | 9.9% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 12.8 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Aouste-sur-Sye 2,733 · 13.2 mi | 46 | 24% | 3.7% | 4% |
| Crest 8,658 · 14.2 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 3.9% | 6.5% |
| Montélimar 40,595 · 15.6 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
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 Dieulefit
What is the population of Dieulefit?
3,289 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (3,030).
How old are Dieulefit’s residents?
The median age is 58, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dieulefit?
420, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dieulefit?
INSEE counts 240 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.2% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dieulefit?
€24,770 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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