Fewer empty homes than 98% of compared French towns: 2.2%
The figure for households without a car is 4.8% in La Roche-de-Glun and 11% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 28% of households are one person living alone in the town. Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 6%. The 2023 Census counted 3,569 residents in 1,520 households.
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.
La Roche-de-Glun grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 77% 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 those years, the median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then +9% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9% in La Roche-de-Glun, less than in 82% 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 Roche-de-Glun 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 63% of compared French towns: 24%. Half of La Roche-de-Glun’s residents are over 45.2, older than in 58% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
La Roche-de-Glun ranks above 62% of compared French towns on couples with children: 28%
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
At 9.2%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
4.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 89% 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
Second homes make up 1.5%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. For La Roche-de-Glun, the census puts flats at 13%. Typically, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,950 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,950 a year: higher than in 70% of compared French towns. 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 66% of compared French towns: 36%
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
16% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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).
Immigrants: 2.5%, a lower share than 86% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.3%), La Roche-de-Glun is below 89% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 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
Married residents: 51% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 61% of compared French towns: 17%
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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th 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.
Neuilly-Crimolois is the youngest (37.2); Fontvieille the oldest (56.6).
Every neighbor is younger than La Roche-de-Glun
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Roche-de-Glun | 45.2 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Pont-de-l'Isère 3,681 · 1.1 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 1.3% | 5.6% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 3.3 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 3.9 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| Mercurol-Veaunes 2,816 · 4.5 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 4.5% | 2.2% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Isère 4,281 · 4.9 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 6% | 3.3% |
| Bourg-lès-Valence 19,992 · 4.9 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 1.1% | 11% |
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 Roche-de-Glun
What is the population of La Roche-de-Glun?
3,569 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (3,161).
How old are La Roche-de-Glun’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Roche-de-Glun?
23, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Roche-de-Glun?
INSEE counts 91 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Roche-de-Glun?
€27,950 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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