Couples with children make up 41% in Geyssans, more than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 24% in Geyssans and 32% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 2.1% of households have no car here. At 2.7%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 95% of compared French towns. There were 290 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 755 residents.
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 Geyssans
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 8.5% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 75% of compared French towns: Geyssans changed by +12% since 2012
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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Drôme town +8%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of compared French towns: 8.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Geyssans 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
18% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Add to that, the median age in Geyssans is 40.7, lower than in 75% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Geyssans, 22% of households are one person living alone, fewer 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
The average household has 2.6 people. Lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 8.5% of households are single parents. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 4.1% 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
Of all households, 7.5% moved in during the last two years and 20% have stayed three decades or more. At 3.8%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 89% of compared French towns. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%. The share of second homes is 3.2%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
€28,870 a year: the median standard of living
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 Geyssans is €28,870 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
Above 71% of compared French towns: 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
For Geyssans, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 15%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.1%, a lower share than 90% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Geyssans. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Geyssans has 52%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification: 11%, a lower share than 91% 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
In Geyssans, two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 755 to 2,582
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).
Geyssans is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geyssans | 40.7 | 18% | 3.2% | 2.1% |
| Peyrins 2,613 · 2.9 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 4.1% | 3% |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe 3,424 · 3.8 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Romans-sur-Isère 33,464 · 5.1 mi | 45 | 25% | 1.8% | 13% |
| Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse 4,193 · 5.5 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| Bourg-de-Péage 9,921 · 6 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 0.7% | 8.3% |
| Chatuzange-le-Goubet 6,523 · 6.8 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 1.8% | 3.2% |
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 Geyssans
What is the population of Geyssans?
755 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (675).
How old are Geyssans’ residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Geyssans?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Geyssans?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Geyssans?
€28,870 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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