Couples with children make up 37% in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon, more than in 95% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon, 4.6%. 18% of residents are 65 or over. Few places have so few second homes: 1% here, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Saint-Rambert-d'Albon was home to 7,001 people in 2,680 households.
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 Saint-Rambert-d'Albon
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 8.7% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,100 immigrants in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 6.5% for the median compared commune in Drôme. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +16% since 2012, faster than 83% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Drôme town, the change came in two steps: +8% from 2012 to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
Half of Saint-Rambert-d'Albon is under 39.2, younger than 83% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 39.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 13% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 79% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Single-parent households: 8.7% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.6 people on average.
A lower share of households in social housing than 58% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 7.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 16%. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM). Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 7.5%.
At the median, €22,590 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 €22,590 a year: lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 22.0% of residents.
26% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 98% 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
Put another way, about one in three: 31% of households are headed by a retired person. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 87% of compared French towns: 16% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Saint-Rambert-d'Albon has 14%. Measured more widely, 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.
Saint-Rambert-d'Albon: 46% of residents 15 and over are married, above 73% of compared French towns
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 single residents stands at 25%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 46% and 5.5%, and 6.5% are widowed.
Saint-Rambert-d'Albon sits below 91% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (18%)
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
Adults with no qualification make up 30%, against 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (6,923 to 7,080 people), the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Bailly-Romainvilliers (34.9), the youngest, and Binic-Étables-sur-Mer (56.4), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Saint-Rambert-d'Albon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
| Chanas 2,706 · 1.6 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 3% | 11% |
| Anneyron 4,169 · 3.2 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne 4,606 · 3.9 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Roussillon 8,595 · 5.5 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2% | 15% |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon 6,718 · 5.8 mi | 41.8 | 24% | 0.9% | 25% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 6.5 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
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 Saint-Rambert-d'Albon
What is the population of Saint-Rambert-d'Albon?
7,001 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (6,056).
How old are Saint-Rambert-d'Albon’s residents?
The median age is 39.2, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon?
30, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon?
INSEE counts 1,120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 1,010 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon?
€22,590 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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