Photo: jean-louis Zimmermann from Moulins, FRANCE · CC BY 2.0Pierrelatte sits above 86% of compared French towns for empty homes (11%)
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Pierrelatte has 19%. There were 6,090 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 13,756 residents. Households in social housing: 16% of the total. The median age locally is 42.5, lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
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 Pierrelatte
Empty homes
The census found 800 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Pierrelatte has grown +6%, faster than 56% 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 change was +4% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Drôme town +8%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 64% of compared French towns, at 10%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pierrelatte 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Pierrelatte. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 56% 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
The average household has 2.2 people. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Pierrelatte has more single-parent households than 52% of compared French towns, at 10%. Couples with children are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 25%.
A larger share of flats than 61% of compared French towns: 37%
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
At 1.4%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. For Pierrelatte, the census puts households without a car at 11%. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,540 a year
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 €22,540 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 22.0% of residents are below the line.
35% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 63% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 8.2%, below 58% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 13%, a higher share than 80% 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.
Here nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 70% of compared French towns, at 46%
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
Put another way, about one in four: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 85% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Pierrelatte has 24%. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 19th 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.
The youngest is Fleury-Mérogis (30.2), the oldest Douarnenez (55.6).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Pierrelatte 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrelatte | 42.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol 7,661 · 3 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.9% | 14% |
| Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux 8,981 · 3.8 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 6.6% | 8.8% |
| Lapalud 3,853 · 4.6 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| Donzère 6,008 · 4.7 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 7.5% |
| Bollène 14,024 · 6.3 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.6% | 14% |
| Viviers 3,633 · 7.7 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
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 Pierrelatte
What is the population of Pierrelatte?
13,756 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (12,952).
How old are Pierrelatte’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pierrelatte?
100, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pierrelatte?
INSEE counts 1,750 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 1,200 foreign nationals (8.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pierrelatte?
€22,540 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 22.0% 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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