Above 97% of compared French towns: 43% of homes are second homes
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Le Poët-Célard had 148 residents in 64 households at the 2023 census. 3.4% of homes stand empty. Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 5.9% of homes are flats here.
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 Le Poët-Célard
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Poët-Célard, 43% of its 120 homes: higher than in 97% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Le Poët-Célard had 122 residents at the 2012 census and 148 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Poët-Célard sits below 98% of compared French towns for households without a car (3.1%)
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
Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 16% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Faster growth than 92% of compared French towns: Le Poët-Célard changed by +21% 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
The median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six +17%.
Older than 79% of compared French towns: half of Le Poët-Célard is over 49.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Poët-Célard 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.8%, Le Poët-Célard is behind 84% of compared French towns on that count. About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Le Poët-Célard (23%).
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Le Poët-Célard ranks above 79% of compared French towns on couples with children: 31%
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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 73% of compared French towns. Here 7.7% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Half above, half below €26,320 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,320 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Le Poët-Célard ranks above 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 46%
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. Set beside that, 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).
Le Poët-Célard sits above 82% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (10%)
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are immigrants in Le Poët-Célard. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Le Poët-Célard, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 94% 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
Here, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 13% in Le Poët-Célard, less than in 85% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (37%), Le Poët-Célard is above 73% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 148 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Le Poët-Célard: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Poët-Célard | 49.1 | 23% | 43% | 10% |
| Dieulefit 3,289 · 5.4 mi | 58 | 39% | 18% | 7.2% |
| Aouste-sur-Sye 2,733 · 8.5 mi | 46 | 24% | 3.7% | 4% |
| Crest 8,658 · 9.9 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 3.9% | 6.5% |
| Allex 2,698 · 14.8 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 3.4% | 2% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 14.9 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Valréas 9,224 · 15.8 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 4.6% | 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 Le Poët-Célard
What is the population of Le Poët-Célard?
148 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (122).
How old are Le Poët-Célard’s residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 79% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Poët-Célard?
52, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Poët-Célard?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Poët-Célard?
€26,320 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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