5.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Saint-Restitut has 0.8%. The 2023 Census counted 1,432 residents in 640 households. Households without a car account for 3.2%. At 5.2%, the share of flats is lower than in 95% 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 Saint-Restitut
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Restitut, 13% of its 830 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Saint-Restitut’s residents are under 52.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Saint-Restitut, 13% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% 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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Saint-Restitut, 9.5%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 27% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.7% moved in within the last two years.
A change of +4% since 2012 leaves Saint-Restitut behind 52% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Drôme town +8%.
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Restitut is over 52.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Restitut 52.6. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Restitut sits below 89% of compared French towns for one-person households (27%)
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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 7.1% of households are single parents in Saint-Restitut. Census figures put couples with children at 24% in the town. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €32,390 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.
Half of Saint-Restitut’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €32,390 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
Saint-Restitut sits below 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (3.1%)
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 retired person: 40%, above 85% of compared French towns. On households headed by a manager or professional, Saint-Restitut sits higher than 93% of compared French towns: 24%. 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 smaller share of foreign nationals than 97% of compared French towns: 0.8%
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.
Immigrants make up 2.8%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 16% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 55% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
In Saint-Restitut, 9.9% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 96% 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 (typical compared French town: 30%). Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Restitut
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Restitut | 52.6 | 28% | 13% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux 8,981 · 1.7 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 6.6% | 8.8% |
| Bollène 14,024 · 3.5 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.6% | 14% |
| Lapalud 3,853 · 5.4 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| Pierrelatte 13,756 · 5.4 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Mondragon 3,833 · 7.3 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 7.2% |
| Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes 2,656 · 7.7 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 7.8% | 6% |
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-Restitut
What is the population of Saint-Restitut?
1,432 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,371).
How old are Saint-Restitut’s residents?
The median age is 52.6, older than 90% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Restitut?
110, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Restitut?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Restitut?
€32,390 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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