Below 97% of compared French towns: 2.1% of households rent social housing (HLM)
Flats: 9.1% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Valherbasse had 1,005 residents in 440 households at the 2023 census. For Valherbasse, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.1%. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.5% here, fewer than in 84% 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 Valherbasse
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 74 second homes and occasional dwellings in Valherbasse, 13% of its 560 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 96% 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.
A larger share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Of all households, 8.6% moved in during the last two years and 20% have stayed three decades or more. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. More empty homes than in 71% of compared French towns: 8.8%. One household in 18 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Slower than most: +2% since 2012, behind 60% 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 ±0% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +8% in Drôme.
A median age of 44.1: Valherbasse is older than 50% 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
■ Valherbasse 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are couples with children, more than in 81% 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
8% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Across Valherbasse, 32% of households are one person living alone.
A median of €24,510 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €24,510 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 79% of compared French towns: 5.7%
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 31% in Valherbasse. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 14%, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. For comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 87% of compared French towns, at 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.
Here 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 75% of compared French towns: 46%
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 the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Valherbasse, 23%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 53% of compared French towns: 31%
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
The census found that nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Valherbasse. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,005 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.
Valherbasse is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valherbasse | 44.1 | 22% | 13% | 2.5% |
| Chatte 2,518 · 8.4 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| Peyrins 2,613 · 9 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 4.1% | 3% |
| Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse 4,193 · 9.5 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Marcellin 7,700 · 9.7 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
| Beaurepaire 5,010 · 10 mi | 46.3 | 28% | 2% | 9.5% |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe 3,424 · 10.4 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
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 Valherbasse
What is the population of Valherbasse?
1,005 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (983).
How old are Valherbasse’s residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 50% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valherbasse?
74, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valherbasse?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valherbasse?
€24,510 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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