Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Nyons is over 60.6
The share of couples with children is 12%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 51% of households are headed by a retired person in Nyons. Households without a car are more common here than in 77% of compared French towns. The town’s 3,680 households held 6,816 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Nyons
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 850 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nyons, 17% of its 4,900 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 56% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Nyons’ residents are under 60.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Nyons’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 36% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Empty homes: 7.6%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats make up about one in two here (50%). At 8.7%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Nyons has changed by +3%, slower than 59% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, ±0%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Drôme town +8%.
Nyons: 43% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% 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
■ Nyons 60.6. The median compared French town: 44.
6.8% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 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.
Nyons sits above 94% of compared French towns for one-person households (50%)
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
The average household has 1.7 people. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 7.1%, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €23,440 a year per consumption unit
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 €23,440 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 78% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 20.0% of residents are below the line.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.6% in Nyons, less than in 88% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Nyons has 10%. Typically, 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).
More immigrants than 70% of compared French towns: 9.9%
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.
Here 6.5% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Nyons ranks below 63% of compared French towns on married residents: 41%
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
With single residents at 24%, Nyons is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 23% in Nyons, more than in 71% 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 make up 28%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 6,746 to 6,883 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.
The youngest is Merville (36.9), the oldest Nyons (60.6).
Every neighbor is younger than Nyons
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyons | 60.6 | 43% | 17% | 9.9% |
| Valréas 9,224 · 7.2 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 4.6% | 14% |
| Vaison-la-Romaine 6,058 · 8.5 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 15% | 12% |
| Dieulefit 3,289 · 11.9 mi | 58 | 39% | 18% | 7.2% |
| Malaucène 2,758 · 12.6 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 34% | 7.3% |
| Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes 2,656 · 14.6 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 7.8% | 6% |
| Bédoin 3,106 · 16.6 mi | 56.4 | 36% | 32% | 7.1% |
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 Nyons
What is the population of Nyons?
6,816 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (6,632).
How old are Nyons’ residents?
The median age is 60.6, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nyons?
850, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nyons?
INSEE counts 680 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.9% of residents, and 450 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nyons?
€23,440 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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