More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 44%
Households in social housing: 5.1%, below 86% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census La Baume-d'Hostun was home to 592 people in 230 households. In La Baume-d'Hostun, 28% of households are headed by a manual worker. On second homes, La Baume-d'Hostun sits higher than 80% of compared French towns: 6%.
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 La Baume-d'Hostun
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 6.3% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Baume-d'Hostun’s population changed by +6% since 2012, more than in 53% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then +4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 85% of compared French towns, at 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Baume-d'Hostun 40.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 40.3, La Baume-d'Hostun is younger than 78% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. For La Baume-d'Hostun, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 20%
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 2.6 people on average. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. 6.3% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 94% of compared French towns.
4.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 93% 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 4.2% in La Baume-d'Hostun. To put it in context, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Flats: 7.6% of the total.
The median resident lives on €26,230 a year per consumption unit
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 La Baume-d'Hostun’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,230 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 21% in La Baume-d'Hostun, less than in 94% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional in La Baume-d'Hostun. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In La Baume-d'Hostun, 2.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 83% 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.
1.3% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 89% of compared French towns: 20%
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 come to 42% in La Baume-d'Hostun, about four in ten. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In La Baume-d'Hostun, 11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 92% 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
Graduates of higher education: 36%, above 68% of compared French towns. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
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 La Baume-d'Hostun
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Baume-d'Hostun | 40.3 | 17% | 6% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans 2,874 · 4.3 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 6.5% | 6% |
| Chatte 2,518 · 6.4 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| Chatuzange-le-Goubet 6,523 · 7.3 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 1.8% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Marcellin 7,700 · 7.9 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe 3,424 · 8.3 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Romans-sur-Isère 33,464 · 8.4 mi | 45 | 25% | 1.8% | 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 La Baume-d'Hostun
What is the population of La Baume-d'Hostun?
592 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (561).
How old are La Baume-d'Hostun’s residents?
The median age is 40.3, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Baume-d'Hostun?
16, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Baume-d'Hostun?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Baume-d'Hostun?
€26,230 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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