Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Ternand had 762 residents in 330 households at the 2023 census. On the census count, 28% of households are one person living alone. More households headed by a manager or professional than in 86% of compared French towns: 19%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Ternand
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 45 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ternand, 12% of its 390 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 87% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 2.8% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
12% of homes in Ternand 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
13% of households arrived within the last two years, while 20% have stayed 30 years or more. At 14%, the share of flats is lower than in four fifths of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Here 7.8% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Since 2012, Ternand has grown +7%, faster than 58% 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 population moved −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +11%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Rhône town +10%.
Older than 52% of compared French towns: half of Ternand is over 44.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ternand 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of Ternand’s residents are 65 or older, against 19% in the median Rhône town and 22% in the median compared French town; 22% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns: 34%
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. Few places have so few single-parent households: 2.8% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €29,560 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.
The median standard of living in Ternand is €29,560 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
In Ternand, 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 78% 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
Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (33%). The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ternand sits below 78% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.4%)
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.
The share of foreign nationals trails just over three fifths of compared French towns: 3.3%. Typically, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 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
In Ternand, 45% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Ternand, less than in 89% of compared French towns
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Ternand has 35%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 16th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Ternand and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ternand | 44.4 | 21% | 12% | 3.4% |
| Val d'Oingt 4,117 · 2.4 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 4.9% | 2.8% |
| Vindry-sur-Turdine 5,305 · 4.6 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2.2% | 3.5% |
| Tarare 10,893 · 5.8 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.1% | 14% |
| Porte des Pierres Dorées 4,185 · 6.1 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 2.6% | 5% |
| Pommiers 2,618 · 7.7 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 3.5% | 3.2% |
| L'Arbresle 6,537 · 8.5 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.7% | 11% |
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 Ternand
What is the population of Ternand?
762 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (715).
How old are Ternand’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ternand?
45, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ternand?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ternand?
€29,560 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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