A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 5.7%
4% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, on couples with children, Mirabel-et-Blacons sits higher than 84% of compared French towns: 32%. There were 530 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 1,198 residents. Households headed by a manager or professional come to 18% in the town, about two in ten.
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 Mirabel-et-Blacons
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 66 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mirabel-et-Blacons, 11% of its 620 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 72% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Mirabel-et-Blacons had 925 residents at the 2012 census and 1,198 in 2023, up 30%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Mirabel-et-Blacons has 17%. The share of households in social housing stands at 5.1%. Fewer empty homes than in 85% of compared French towns: 4.2%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 96% of compared French towns: Mirabel-et-Blacons changed by +30% 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: +18% from 2012 to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
Half of Mirabel-et-Blacons is over 45.2, older than 58% 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
■ Mirabel-et-Blacons 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 3.6%
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
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Mirabel-et-Blacons has 30%. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Half above, half below €27,240 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.
Living standards centre on €27,240 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
34% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 60% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. 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).
3.8% of residents are immigrants, below 75% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Mirabel-et-Blacons comes in at 2.4%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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 92% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
By its share of married residents (46%), Mirabel-et-Blacons is above 69% of compared French towns. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification make up 13%, against 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.
41 French towns of 1,198 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Mirabel-et-Blacons is younger than 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirabel-et-Blacons | 45.2 | 23% | 11% | 3.8% |
| Aouste-sur-Sye 2,733 · 1.9 mi | 46 | 24% | 3.7% | 4% |
| Crest 8,658 · 3.8 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 3.9% | 6.5% |
| Allex 2,698 · 9.4 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 3.4% | 2% |
| Montmeyran 2,960 · 10 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 3% |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence 4,337 · 12.6 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.1% |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône 5,468 · 13.2 mi | 43 | 20% | 2% | 4.4% |
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 Mirabel-et-Blacons
What is the population of Mirabel-et-Blacons?
1,198 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% more than in 2012 (925).
How old are Mirabel-et-Blacons’ residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mirabel-et-Blacons?
66, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mirabel-et-Blacons?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mirabel-et-Blacons?
€27,240 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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