Half of Plaisians is over 55.1, older than 94% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 209 people lived in Plaisians, in 100 households. Census figures put households without a car at 2.8% here. With flats at 8%, Plaisians is behind 90% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Plaisians
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 80 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plaisians, 40% of its 200 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Plaisians’ residents are under 55.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Plaisians sits above 96% of compared French towns for second homes (40%)
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 15% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 18%. 7.5% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Plaisians grew +14% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 80% 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 +9%; from 2017 to 2023, +5%.
Plaisians sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (4.1%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plaisians 55.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 28% in Plaisians and 22% in the typical compared French town. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
15% of households are single parents, more than in 95% 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
Households average 2 people. Few places have so few couples with children: 20% here, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 36% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%.
€23,120 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €23,120 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 95% 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
On the census count, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 74% of compared French towns, at 3.9%
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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 26 here (3.9%). 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.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 22% 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
In Plaisians, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Plaisians sits below 67% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (16%)
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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 56% of compared French towns: 32%. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 6th oldest of 41 French towns of 209 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Plaisians 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.
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 Plaisians
What is the population of Plaisians?
209 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (183).
How old are Plaisians’ residents?
The median age is 55.1, older than 94% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plaisians?
80, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plaisians?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plaisians?
€23,120 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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