Couples with children make up 8.3% in Eygaliers, less than in 99% of compared French towns
3.5% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 90% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Eygaliers was home to 139 people in 66 households. On the census count, a quarter of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Eygaliers
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Eygaliers, 14% of its 88 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Eygaliers had 102 residents at the 2012 census and 139 in 2023, up 36%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Eygaliers’ residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 0.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Eygaliers: 14% of homes are second homes, above 90% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes account for 11%. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of flats trails 81% of compared French towns: 13%.
Eygaliers’s population changed by +36% since 2012, more than in 98% 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 first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, +34%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Drôme town +8%.
Half of Eygaliers is over 52, older than 89% 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
■ Eygaliers 52. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Eygaliers comes in at 19%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. More single-parent households than in 98% of compared French towns: 17%. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €19,310 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 Eygaliers’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €19,310 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
In Eygaliers, 25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 96% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Eygaliers: 9.2% of residents are foreign nationals, above 79% 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.
That is higher than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Locally, 7.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Eygaliers
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
Married residents: 47%, above nearly four fifths of compared French towns. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 18% in Eygaliers, less than in 56% 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
On the census count, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Eygaliers, 3 are older
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 Eygaliers
What is the population of Eygaliers?
139 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 36% more than in 2012 (102).
How old are Eygaliers’ residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Eygaliers?
12, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Eygaliers?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (9.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Eygaliers?
€19,310 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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