1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in La Garde-Adhémar, 3.8%. At 5.1%, the share of flats is lower than in 95% of compared French towns. The town had 1,144 residents in 530 households at the 2023 Census. 27% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in four.
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 Garde-Adhémar
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 82 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Garde-Adhémar, 12% of its 670 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes stand empty in La Garde-Adhémar. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
La Garde-Adhémar’s population moved +2% on 2012, less than in 60% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Drôme town +8%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
7.5% of residents are 15 to 24, below 95% 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
■ La Garde-Adhémar 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 24% in La Garde-Adhémar. With a median age of 48.8, La Garde-Adhémar is older than 78% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
La Garde-Adhémar sits below 73% of compared French towns for single-parent households (8.6%)
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
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in La Garde-Adhémar comes in at 33%. Across La Garde-Adhémar, 27% of households are couples with children. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €30,150 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.
The median standard of living in La Garde-Adhémar is €30,150 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 91% of compared French towns, at 22%
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: 13% of the total. Set beside that, 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).
Only 2.4% of residents are immigrants in La Garde-Adhémar
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 88% of compared French towns. 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 91.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
La Garde-Adhémar ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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
By its share of married residents (50%), La Garde-Adhémar is above 90% of compared French towns. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
La Garde-Adhémar: 39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 77% 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
The share of adults with no qualification trails three quarters of compared French towns: 15%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as La Garde-Adhémar
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Garde-Adhémar | 48.8 | 24% | 12% | 2.4% |
| Pierrelatte 13,756 · 2.8 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux 8,981 · 3.2 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 6.6% | 8.8% |
| Donzère 6,008 · 3.9 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 7.5% |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol 7,661 · 5.6 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.9% | 14% |
| Lapalud 3,853 · 6.6 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| Bollène 14,024 · 7.1 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.6% | 14% |
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 Garde-Adhémar
What is the population of La Garde-Adhémar?
1,144 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,118).
How old are La Garde-Adhémar’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Garde-Adhémar?
82, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Garde-Adhémar?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Garde-Adhémar?
€30,150 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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