Fewer households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns: 1.6%
By its share of households headed by a retired person (24%), Larnage is below 87% of compared French towns. Lower than in 93% of compared French towns: 6.6% of homes are flats. There were 430 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 1,009 residents. On the census count, 3.9% of households have no car.
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 Larnage
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Larnage changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 76% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +8% in Drôme.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 76% of compared French towns, at 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Larnage 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.4, Larnage is older than 59% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Larnage, 34% of households are couples with children, more than in 90% 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
In Larnage, 26% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. The town has more single-parent households than 61% of compared French towns, at 11%. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Only 4.5% of homes stand empty in Larnage
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 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 3%. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,730 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.
Living standards centre on €28,730 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Above 65% of compared French towns: 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Set beside that, nearly one in ten 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: 1.3%, a lower share than 98% 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.
Foreign nationals: 0.7% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% 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.
Larnage sits above 94% of compared French towns for married residents (51%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Larnage, 20%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Larnage: 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 63% 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
With adults with no qualification at 17%, Larnage is behind 62% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,009 to 2,582 people, the 21st oldest
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.
Larnage and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larnage | 45.4 | 18% | 3% | 1.3% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 1.9 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| Mercurol-Veaunes 2,816 · 2 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 4.5% | 2.2% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 2.8 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| La Roche-de-Glun 3,569 · 5.6 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse 4,193 · 6 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| Pont-de-l'Isère 3,681 · 6.1 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 1.3% | 5.6% |
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 Larnage
What is the population of Larnage?
1,009 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (1,024).
How old are Larnage’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Larnage?
14, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Larnage?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Larnage?
€28,730 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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