La Charce ranks above 99% of compared French towns on second homes: 68%
In La Charce, 1.8% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. There were 13 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 23 residents. The census found that 12% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Half are older than 55.5, older than 95% 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.
What stands out about the people of La Charce
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 35 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Charce, 68% of its 51 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Charce had 29 residents at the 2012 census and 23 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of La Charce’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 20% 80 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 33% single parents with children; 4% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in two in La Charce is a second home
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 that moved in under two years ago: 7.1%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 43%. On empty homes, La Charce sits lower than nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 6%.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than La Charce: −21%
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 change was +17% from 2012 to 2017 and −32% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Drôme town +8%.
La Charce is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Charce 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
40% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
36% women, 64% men
About 56 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
La Charce sits above 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (33%)
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
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 33% in La Charce. A household here holds 1.8 people on average. One-person households are rarer here than in 59% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%.
Households headed by a retired person: 33%, a higher share than 55% 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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, nearly a third 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).
Only 4% of residents are immigrants in La Charce
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 lower than in 73% of compared French towns. About one in 25: that is how common foreign nationals are in La Charce (4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 87% 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
Married residents account for 42%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 30%, a higher share than 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: 22% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 23 to 2,582 people
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).
La Charce and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Charce | 55.5 | 40% | 68% | 4% |
| Nyons 6,816 · 17.4 mi | 60.6 | 43% | 17% | 9.9% |
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 Charce
What is the population of La Charce?
23 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (29).
How old are La Charce’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 8% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Charce?
35, with occasional dwellings: 68% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Charce?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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