Salettes sits above 93% of compared French towns for second homes (18%)
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24. The 2023 Census put Salettes’s population at 148, in 61 households. The share of one-person households trails 97% of compared French towns: 23%.
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 Salettes
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Salettes, 18% of its 83 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 88% of compared French towns: 9.3%
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 share of empty homes is 8.5%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
Salettes’s population changed by +11% since 2012, more than in 73% 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 median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +9% and the next six +2%.
Below 55% of compared French towns: 21% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Salettes 44. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44, Salettes is younger than half of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Average household size: 2.4 people. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many couples with children: 31% here, more than in 79% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €25,510 a year in standard of living
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 €25,510 a year: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
In Salettes, 23% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 92% 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
31% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 7.7%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Salettes. As a reference point, 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.
Only 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Salettes
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 Salettes, just over half of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns, at 6.4%
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 the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Salettes, 36%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 148 to 2,582
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.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Salettes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salettes | 44 | 21% | 18% | 3.9% |
| Dieulefit 3,289 · 5.6 mi | 58 | 39% | 18% | 7.2% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 7.9 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Montélimar 40,595 · 10.8 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Aouste-sur-Sye 2,733 · 11.2 mi | 46 | 24% | 3.7% | 4% |
| Crest 8,658 · 11.5 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 3.9% | 6.5% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 11.6 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
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 Salettes
What is the population of Salettes?
148 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (133).
How old are Salettes’ residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salettes?
15, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salettes?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salettes?
€25,510 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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