44% of homes in Propiac are second homes
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. In 2023, the Census found 131 residents in Propiac, living in 57 households. Across Propiac, 3.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). With a median age of 40.5, Propiac is younger than 76% 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 Propiac
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 49 second homes and occasional dwellings in Propiac, 44% of its 110 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 82% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Propiac had 104 residents at the 2012 census and 131 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes are flats, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns
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
The figure for empty homes is 5.4% in Propiac and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A +26% change since 2012: Propiac grew faster than 95% 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
Over those years, the median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%.
Propiac ranks below 79% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Propiac 40.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 21%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 95% of compared French towns, at 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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Propiac.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €21,710 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 €21,710 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
27% of households are headed by a retired person, below 76% 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. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
13% of residents are immigrants, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 higher than in 81% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 11%.
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Propiac, 48%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 6.9%, a lower share than 99% 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
43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (131 to 2,582 people), the 4th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Propiac
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 Propiac
What is the population of Propiac?
131 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (104).
How old are Propiac’s residents?
The median age is 40.5, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Propiac?
49, with occasional dwellings: 44% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Propiac?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Propiac?
€21,710 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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