Half of Souspierre is over 55.7, older than 95% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Souspierre’s 51 households held 108 residents at the 2023 Census. 13% of homes are flats. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Souspierre has 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 Souspierre
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Souspierre, 21% of its 73 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 87% 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 Souspierre’s residents are under 55.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Souspierre sits above 93% of compared French towns for second homes (21%)
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 8.4% of homes stand empty in Souspierre. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. 7.8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 39% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Souspierre grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 59% 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
In two steps, −4% to 2017 and +11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +8% in Drôme.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 3.7% in Souspierre, less than in 99% 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
■ Souspierre 55.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 36%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 75% of compared French towns: 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. A household here holds 2.1 people on average. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Standard of living at the median: €24,520 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,520 a year: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 20% of households are headed by a manual worker in Souspierre. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Souspierre sits above 72% of compared French towns for immigrants (10%)
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 figure for foreign nationals is 7.5% in Souspierre and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
Married residents make up 61% in Souspierre, more than in 99% 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
Here a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 37%, a higher share than 73% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Souspierre comes in at 23%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Souspierre, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souspierre | 55.7 | 36% | 21% | 10% |
| Dieulefit 3,289 · 5 mi | 58 | 39% | 18% | 7.2% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 7.8 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Montélimar 40,595 · 10.7 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Valréas 9,224 · 10.8 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 4.6% | 14% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 12.2 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 12.7 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 Souspierre
What is the population of Souspierre?
108 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (101).
How old are Souspierre’s residents?
The median age is 55.7, older than 95% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Souspierre?
15, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Souspierre?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (7.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Souspierre?
€24,520 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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