Couples with children: 33%, a higher share than 87% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Bagnols had 765 residents in 320 households at the 2023 Census. 7.7% of homes are flats, or about one in 13. The share of households without a car trails 88% of compared French towns: 5%.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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.
A +17% change since 2012: faster than 85% 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
The median Rhône town changed +10% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +11% and the next six +5%.
Half of Bagnols is over 46.2, older than 65% 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
■ Bagnols 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 90% of compared French towns: 27%
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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 7.8% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 82% of compared French towns.
6.6% of homes in Bagnols are second homes
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
Long tenure is the mark of 29% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years). Fewer empty homes than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 5.5%. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €31,440 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.
Half of residents live in households above €31,440 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 66% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Bagnols, 13%. The census found that 33% of households are headed by a retired person locally. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals here. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
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 93% of compared French towns: 50%
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 single residents trails 86% of compared French towns: 21%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Bagnols sits below 80% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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
Two fifths of Bagnols’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 14% have no diploma (19%).
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 765 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Bagnols 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagnols | 46.2 | 22% | 6.6% | 3.7% |
| Val d'Oingt 4,117 · 2.1 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 4.9% | 2.8% |
| Porte des Pierres Dorées 4,185 · 4.4 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 2.6% | 5% |
| Pommiers 2,618 · 4.9 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 3.5% | 3.2% |
| Anse 8,206 · 5.1 mi | 38 | 16% | 1.4% | 8.5% |
| Chazay-d'Azergues 4,410 · 5.1 mi | 43 | 20% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Lozanne 3,182 · 5.2 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 0.9% | 5.7% |
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 Bagnols
What is the population of Bagnols?
765 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (656).
How old are Bagnols’ residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 65% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bagnols?
24, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bagnols?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bagnols?
€31,440 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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