In Poyols, 40% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 98 residents in Poyols, living in 52 households. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 3.1%. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Poyols comes in at 14%.
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 Poyols
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Poyols, 40% of its 120 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 85% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Poyols had 69 residents at the 2012 census and 98 in 2023, up 42%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 15%
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 without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Long tenure is the mark of 7.7% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 29% (under two years).
+42% since 2012, a pace 99% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +40%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Drôme town +8%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 74% of compared French towns: 27%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Poyols 44. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Poyols is 44, lower than in half of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
Poyols ranks below 74% of compared French towns on couples with children: 20%
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
There are 1.9 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. At 40%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 69% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Poyols: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. The census found that 30% of households are headed by a retired person in Poyols.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 71% of compared French towns: 10% of residents are immigrants
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (8.2%), Poyols is above three quarters of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Poyols sits below 84% of compared French towns for married residents (37%)
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Poyols has 28%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 86% of compared French towns: 13%
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
In Poyols, 41% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 98 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.
Poyols and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poyols | 44 | 27% | 40% | 10% |
| Die 4,844 · 11 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 11% | 6.7% |
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 Poyols
What is the population of Poyols?
98 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 42% more than in 2012 (69).
How old are Poyols’ residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Poyols?
46, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Poyols?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (8.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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