A smaller share of households in social housing than 95% of compared French towns: 2.7%
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Érôme. There were 370 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 848 residents. Put another way, about one in 20: 5.1% of households have no car. Couples with children are more common here than in 80% 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.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 72% 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
Here the change came as −5% to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
A median age of 40.6: Érôme is younger than 76% 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
■ Érôme 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
9.2% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). The census found that 19% of residents are 65 or over in Érôme.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 5.4% in Érôme, less than in 98% 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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are one person living alone in Érôme. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 10% of homes are flats
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, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Érôme, 4.3%. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
At the median, €26,400 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,400 a year: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 16% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 30% of households are headed by a retired person. The wider picture: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Érôme, 2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns
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 share of foreign nationals is 1.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Érôme sits below 87% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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 share of married residents trails 67% of compared French towns: 40%. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 57% of compared French towns: 28%
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 are rarer here than in just over half of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Érôme
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Érôme | 40.6 | 19% | 4.3% | 2% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 3.7 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 4.1 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 4.2 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Mercurol-Veaunes 2,816 · 4.7 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 4.5% | 2.2% |
| La Roche-de-Glun 3,569 · 7.5 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse 4,193 · 7.7 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
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 Érôme
What is the population of Érôme?
848 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (852).
How old are Érôme’s residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Érôme?
19, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Érôme?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Érôme?
€26,400 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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