Households without a car make up 1.2% in Parnans, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for one-person households is 21% in Parnans and 35% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 3.8% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the town. Flats are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. This Drôme town is home to 701 residents in 260 households, by 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 Parnans
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 9.6% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+2% since 2012, a pace below 61% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then +1% to 2023. Over those years, the median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 27% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Parnans 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 47.3, Parnans is older than 71% of compared French towns. The census found that 9.9% of residents are 15 to 24 in the town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Parnans sits above 95% of compared French towns for couples with children (36%)
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 typical household size is 2.5 people. On single-parent households, Parnans sits lower than 56% of compared French towns: 9.6%. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 4.2% of homes are second homes
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
In the last two years, 6.5% of households moved in; at the other end, 24% have stayed 30 years or more. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 8.8%, more than in 71% of compared French towns.
At the median, €25,840 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,840 a year: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
In Parnans, 25% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 83% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 62% of compared French towns: 12%. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. About one in eight: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Parnans (13%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2% of residents are immigrants in Parnans
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.
The median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns. 1.1% 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 55% of compared French towns: 29% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 701 to 2,582
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.
Parnans and its 6 nearest towns: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parnans | 47.3 | 27% | 4.2% | 2% |
| Peyrins 2,613 · 5.5 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 4.1% | 3% |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe 3,424 · 5.6 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Chatte 2,518 · 6.6 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| Romans-sur-Isère 33,464 · 6.6 mi | 45 | 25% | 1.8% | 13% |
| Bourg-de-Péage 9,921 · 7.2 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 0.7% | 8.3% |
| Chatuzange-le-Goubet 6,523 · 7.3 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 1.8% | 3.2% |
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 Parnans
What is the population of Parnans?
701 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (687).
How old are Parnans’ residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Parnans?
13, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Parnans?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Parnans?
€25,840 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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