41% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Flats: 2.9% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households headed by a retired person: 27% here, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put La Touche’s population at 260, in 110 households. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 12%.
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 Touche
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Touche, 17% of its 140 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 4.6% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
2.9% of households have no car, below 99% 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
By its share of empty homes (5.1%), La Touche is below 72% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. Second homes: 17% of the total.
Faster growth than 70% of compared French towns: La Touche changed by +10% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Drôme town, the change came in two steps: +7% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
A median age of 45.6: La Touche is older than 61% 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 Touche 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In La Touche, a fifth of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
4.6% of households are single parents, below 99% 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
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. At 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €26,870 a year in 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 La Touche is €26,870 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 89% of compared French towns: 4.6%
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 account for 14%. On average, 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).
Immigrants make up 6.1% of La Touche’s residents
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 54% of compared French towns. Census figures put foreign nationals at 4.9% in La Touche.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 72% of compared French towns: 46%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in La Touche comes in at 23%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
11% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 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: 35% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 260 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).
La Touche is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Touche | 45.6 | 20% | 17% | 6.1% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 4.6 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Montélimar 40,595 · 7.3 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 8.2 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
| Dieulefit 3,289 · 8.7 mi | 58 | 39% | 18% | 7.2% |
| Donzère 6,008 · 10.3 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 7.5% |
| Le Teil 8,726 · 10.3 mi | 43 | 22% | 2.9% | 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 Touche
What is the population of La Touche?
260 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (236).
How old are La Touche’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 61% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Touche?
23, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Touche?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Touche?
€26,870 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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