A town of second homes: 88% of its homes
13% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). The 2023 Census counted 932 residents in 490 households. For Dévoluy, the census puts empty homes at 1.6%. At 6%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Hautes-Alpes 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 Dévoluy
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 4,090 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dévoluy, 88% of its 4,660 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 18% 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 Dévoluy’s residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dévoluy had 1,013 residents at the 2012 census and 932 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 97% 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
Households without a car: 5.5% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Just over three quarters of homes are flats.
Slower growth than 95% of compared French towns: Dévoluy changed by −8% since 2012
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 population moved −5%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hautes-Alpes town +2%.
A median age of 54.3: Dévoluy is older than 93% 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
■ Dévoluy 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 30% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Alpes 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 94% of compared French towns, at 6.4%
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 Hautes-Alpes median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 1.9 people share a household. At 43%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%.
Median living standard: €24,690 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,690 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 88% of compared French towns, at 42%
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 4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. Households headed by a manual worker: 9.9% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.6% of Dévoluy’s residents
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 18 here (5.6%). That is lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hautes-Alpes has 7.8%. At 3.7%, the share of foreign nationals is in line with the figure 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 77% 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
In Dévoluy, 41% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 10% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Dévoluy has 33%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 932 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Dévoluy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dévoluy | 54.3 | 30% | 88% | 5.6% |
| Veynes 3,214 · 11.4 mi | 53.3 | 34% | 12% | 8.2% |
| Gap 41,293 · 12.7 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 4% | 9.1% |
| La Mure 4,963 · 15.7 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 5.1% | 8.2% |
| La Bâtie-Neuve 2,628 · 17.2 mi | 43.7 | 19% | 7.6% | 3.8% |
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 Dévoluy
What is the population of Dévoluy?
932 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,013).
How old are Dévoluy’s residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dévoluy?
4,090, with occasional dwellings: 88% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dévoluy?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dévoluy?
€24,690 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.