A median age of 57.1: Suze is older than 96% of compared French towns
The share of households without a car trails 99% of compared French towns: 2.7%. Census day 2023: 245 residents and 120 households in Suze. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 4.5%. 7.4% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 92% 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 Suze
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Suze, 24% of its 160 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 89% 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 Suze’s residents are under 57.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 20% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
24% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
5% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.1%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 28%.
Suze grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 61% 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, +3% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +8% in Drôme.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 3.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Suze 57.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 32% of residents are 65 or over here. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 69% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Households here average 2.1 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 71% of compared French towns. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on couples with children: 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €26,340 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,340 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Suze: 39% of households are headed by a retired person, above 82% 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
For Suze, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 13%. 4.5% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 39% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 6.8% in Suze, more than in 68% 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.
Immigrants make up about one in 15 here (6.8%). That is higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%. Typically, 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.
Suze sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (56%)
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
18% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
47% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 90% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 14%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 245 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Suze is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suze | 57.1 | 32% | 24% | 6.8% |
| Aouste-sur-Sye 2,733 · 3.6 mi | 46 | 24% | 3.7% | 4% |
| Crest 8,658 · 4.6 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 3.9% | 6.5% |
| Montmeyran 2,960 · 8.4 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 3% |
| Allex 2,698 · 9.4 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 3.4% | 2% |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence 4,337 · 11 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.1% |
| Chabeuil 6,833 · 11.6 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
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 Suze
What is the population of Suze?
245 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (228).
How old are Suze’s residents?
The median age is 57.1, older than 96% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Suze?
38, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Suze?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (6.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Suze?
€26,340 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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