Only 3% of households have no car in Valaurie
One-person households: 25%, below 94% of compared French towns. Valaurie had 732 residents in 300 households at the 2023 census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 7%. Lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 6.6% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Valaurie
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 83 second homes and occasional dwellings in Valaurie, 20% of its 410 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Valaurie had 572 residents at the 2012 census and 732 in 2023, up 28%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Valaurie has 5.6%. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 13%, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
Since 2012, Valaurie has grown +28%, faster than 96% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +4%; from 2017 to 2023, +23%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Drôme town +8%.
Younger than 78% of compared French towns: half of Valaurie is under 40.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Valaurie 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here a fifth of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
12% of households are single parents, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Valaurie. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. The average household has 2.4 people.
Half above, half below €28,090 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 €28,090 a year: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns, at 6.9%
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
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Locally, 30% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 66% of compared French towns, at 4.8%
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.
Valaurie has fewer foreign nationals than 52% of compared French towns, at 4.1%. As a yardstick, 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.
Valaurie ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 15%
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
The share of married residents tops 95% of compared French towns: 51%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 67% of compared French towns: 16%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (33%), Valaurie is above 60% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (732 to 2,582 people), the 4th youngest
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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Valaurie
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valaurie | 40.2 | 20% | 20% | 4.8% |
| Donzère 6,008 · 5 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 7.5% |
| Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux 8,981 · 5.4 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 6.6% | 8.8% |
| Pierrelatte 13,756 · 6.3 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 6.7 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
| Viviers 3,633 · 7.8 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol 7,661 · 8.9 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.9% | 14% |
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 Valaurie
What is the population of Valaurie?
732 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 28% more than in 2012 (572).
How old are Valaurie’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valaurie?
83, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valaurie?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valaurie?
€28,090 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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