A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 29%
The share of flats tops just over four fifths of compared French towns: 57%. The 2023 Census put Allevard’s population at 3,971, in 1,900 households. Put another way, about one in five: 21% of households are couples with children. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8% here, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Isère 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 Allevard
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 890 second homes and occasional dwellings in Allevard, 29% of its 3,060 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 71% 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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 8.8% of homes stand empty here. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 12% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 13%. On households without a car, Allevard sits lower than 57% of compared French towns: 9.4%.
From 2012 to 2023, 60% of compared French towns grew faster than Allevard: +2%
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
Here the change came as +6% to 2017, then −3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Isère.
Half of Allevard is over 46, older than 63% 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
■ Allevard 46. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: just over a fifth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Allevard: 41% of households are one person living alone, above 75% of compared French towns
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 Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many single-parent households: 11% here, more than in 64% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €27,260 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,260 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 64% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 11.0% of residents.
Allevard sits above 75% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (15%)
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, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Allevard, 30%. At the same time, households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 55% of compared French towns. Set beside that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 62% of compared French towns: 5.7% of residents are foreign nationals
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 immigrants stands at 7.5%. That is higher than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Isère has 8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 70% 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
The census found that 26% of residents 15 and over are single in Allevard. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns: 41%
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, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Allevard, 15%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,952 to 3,996 people, the 19th 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 Plouvien (39.7), the youngest, and Erquy (64.9), the oldest.
Allevard is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allevard | 46 | 22% | 29% | 7.5% |
| Crêts en Belledonne 3,470 · 2.4 mi | 42.3 | 17% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Pontcharra 7,350 · 3.8 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 1.8% | 8.8% |
| Valgelon-La Rochette 4,207 · 4.9 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
| Le Touvet 3,116 · 6.6 mi | 44.6 | 19% | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| Chapareillan 3,065 · 6.6 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Montmélian 4,024 · 7.5 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 1.8% | 16% |
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 Allevard
What is the population of Allevard?
3,971 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (3,881).
How old are Allevard’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Allevard?
890, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Allevard?
INSEE counts 300 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 230 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Allevard?
€27,260 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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