More second homes than 99% of compared French towns: 69%
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 100% in Les Tonils and 32% in the typical compared French town. This Drôme town had 16 residents in 9 households at the 2023 census. Roughly one in ten: 10% of homes are flats.
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 Les Tonils
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Tonils, 69% of its 29 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 80% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Les Tonils’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Growing fast
Les Tonils had 13 residents at the 2012 census and 16 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Les Tonils’ residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in two in Les Tonils is a second home
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
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 44% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 11% moved in within the last two years.
A growing town: +23% since 2012, faster than 93% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +92%; 2017 to 2023, −36%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Drôme town +8%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of compared French towns, at 38%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Tonils 52. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Les Tonils’s residents are over 52, older than in 89% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over. Locally, 13% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
63% women, 37% men
About 60 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 50%, a higher share than 94% 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
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The typical household size is 1.8 people.
The largest group of households: retired (100%)
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.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns: 13%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Les Tonils ranks above 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 47%
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 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Les Tonils comes in at 47%. On average, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Les Tonils ranks above 85% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 43%
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
In Les Tonils, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th 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.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Les Tonils
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Les Tonils
What is the population of Les Tonils?
16 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (13).
How old are Les Tonils’ residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 6.3% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Tonils?
20, with occasional dwellings: 69% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Tonils?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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