Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
Here 0.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. The census found that 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Venterol. Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 95% of compared French towns: 3.6%. The town is home to 625 residents in 290 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Venterol
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Venterol, 27% of its 460 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Venterol had 681 residents at the 2012 census and 625 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Venterol’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Venterol sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (27%)
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Venterol comes in at 10%. 9.7% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
Since 2012, Venterol has changed by −8%, slower than 95% 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
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Venterol is over 52.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Venterol 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
29% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Only 32% of households are one person living alone in Venterol
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 2.1 people in the average household. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, a lower share than in 71% of compared French towns. Add to that, by its share of couples with children (24%), Venterol is below 57% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,690 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.
Living standards centre on €23,690 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 5.2%
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
Here 41% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Venterol sits below 92% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.1%)
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.
2.7% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. The wider picture: 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.
In Venterol, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 69% 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
Married residents: 44% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns: 37%
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: 15%, below 72% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 625 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Venterol, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venterol | 52.5 | 29% | 27% | 2.7% |
| Nyons 6,816 · 3 mi | 60.6 | 43% | 17% | 9.9% |
| Valréas 9,224 · 4.8 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 4.6% | 14% |
| Dieulefit 3,289 · 9.5 mi | 58 | 39% | 18% | 7.2% |
| Vaison-la-Romaine 6,058 · 10 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 15% | 12% |
| Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes 2,656 · 14.1 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 7.8% | 6% |
| Malaucène 2,758 · 14.8 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 34% | 7.3% |
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 Venterol
What is the population of Venterol?
625 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (681).
How old are Venterol’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Venterol?
120, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Venterol?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Venterol?
€23,690 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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