Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans sits above 93% of compared French towns for couples with children (35%)
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 230 households in Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans at the 2023 Census, home to 538 residents. The share of households without a car stands at 4.9%. Here just over one in ten homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%.
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 Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.8% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans had 576 residents at the 2012 census and 538 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans’s population moved −7% on 2012, less than in 92% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +8% in Drôme. Here the change came as −6% to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
A median age of 45.6: Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans is older than 60% 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
■ Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans comes in at 10%. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 63% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans sits below 78% of compared French towns for one-person households (30%)
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
The figure for single-parent households is 8.8% in Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans and 10% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 5.3% of homes are second homes
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
At 7.6%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Of all households, 7.1% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more.
At the median, €26,430 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 €26,430 a year: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans: 38% of households are headed by a retired person, above 77% 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
The census found that 13% of households are headed by a manual worker in Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans. Measured more widely, 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).
Only 3.8% of residents are immigrants in Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans
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 a share lower than in 75% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%. 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
45% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 64% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
On the census count, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans sits above 70% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (23%)
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
With graduates of higher education at 25%, Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans is behind two thirds of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Ranked by age, 21st 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).
Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans | 45.6 | 20% | 5.3% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans 2,874 · 3.2 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 6.5% | 6% |
| Chatte 2,518 · 7 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Marcellin 7,700 · 7.1 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
| Villard-de-Lans 4,328 · 10.6 mi | 51 | 28% | 64% | 3.7% |
| Vinay 4,438 · 11.7 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.7% |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors 2,936 · 12 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 53% | 2.6% |
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 Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans
What is the population of Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans?
538 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (576).
How old are Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans’ residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans?
14, with occasional dwellings: 5.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans?
€26,430 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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