A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.3%
One in ten homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Upie was home to 1,556 people in 650 households. In Upie, 20% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 64% of compared French towns grew faster than Upie: +1%
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
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 83% of compared French towns: 8.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Upie 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 20% of residents are 65 or over in Upie. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age locally is 45.4, higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns.
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%.
Couples with children: 30%, a higher share than 77% of compared French towns
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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. At 9.8%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
6.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 79% 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
There is little gap on empty homes: 5.9%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. 4.1% of homes are second homes, more than in 72% of compared French towns. On average, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 5.5% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more.
Median standard of living: €29,150 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 residents live in households above €29,150 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
Only 30% of households are headed by a retired person in Upie
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
Lower than in 57% of compared French towns: 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. To put it in context, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.2% in Upie. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 88% 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
By its share of single residents (21%), Upie is below 86% of compared French towns. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Upie ranks above 88% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 45%
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 12%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 1,556 to 2,582 people
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.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Upie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upie | 45.4 | 20% | 4.1% | 2.5% |
| Montmeyran 2,960 · 2.1 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 3% |
| Allex 2,698 · 4.1 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 3.4% | 2% |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence 4,337 · 4.4 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.1% |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône 5,468 · 5.1 mi | 43 | 20% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Crest 8,658 · 5.6 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 3.9% | 6.5% |
| Portes-lès-Valence 10,477 · 6.8 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 9.8% |
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 Upie
What is the population of Upie?
1,556 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (1,535).
How old are Upie’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Upie?
30, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Upie?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Upie?
€29,150 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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