A higher share of one-person households than 79% of compared French towns, at 43%
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Orange has 18%. Households in social housing are more common here than in 70% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 29,706 people lived locally, in 14,070 households. About one in two: that is how common flats are in Orange (49%).
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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 +3% change since 2012: slower than 59% 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 Vaucluse town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six +3%.
Orange is older than 58% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Orange 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Orange, 24%. On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 73% of compared French towns: 20%
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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. More single-parent households than in 56% of compared French towns: 10%. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Orange: 9.5% of homes stand empty, above 76% 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
At 1.6%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up just over one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 16%.
€22,620 a year: the median 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 midpoint of living standards here is €22,620 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 25.4%.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 61% of compared French towns: 35%
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
7.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Locally, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 83% of compared French towns: 14% of residents are immigrants
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are foreign nationals in Orange. To put it in context, 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.
Orange sits below 61% of compared French towns for married residents (41%)
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
27% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
More adults with no qualification than 79% of compared French towns: 25%
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
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (28,496 to 31,188 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.
Ages run from 30.5 in Clichy-sous-Bois to 56.2 in Agde.
No nearby town is as old as Orange
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | 45.2 | 24% | 1.6% | 14% |
| Camaret-sur-Aigues 4,533 · 3.6 mi | 44.7 | 19% | 1.9% | 6.7% |
| Piolenc 5,718 · 3.9 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 3.9% | 4.9% |
| Sérignan-du-Comtat 2,939 · 4.1 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 3.6% | 5% |
| Jonquières 5,201 · 4.7 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.4% | 6.1% |
| Courthézon 6,426 · 4.8 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 3.4% | 5.9% |
| Mornas 2,569 · 5.8 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 4.1% | 5% |
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 Orange
What is the population of Orange?
29,706 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (28,948).
How old are Orange’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orange?
250, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orange?
INSEE counts 4,130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 3,120 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orange?
€22,620 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.4% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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