A lower share of flats than 95% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
Households without a car: 4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 21% here, more than in 86% of compared French towns. There were 410 households in Anjou at the 2023 Census, home to 1,031 residents. Census figures put single-parent households at 4.9% locally.
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.
Anjou changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 64% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Isère town +7%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Half of Anjou is over 47.6, older than 72% 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
■ Anjou 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 9.4% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. On residents aged 65 and over, Anjou sits higher than 74% of compared French towns: 27%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 82% of compared French towns, at 32%
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 here average 2.3 people each. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
4.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 87% 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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Anjou comes in at 5.4%. On the census count, 6.9% of homes stand empty. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €27,120 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.
Living standards centre on €27,120 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Anjou: 40% of households are headed by a retired person, above 83% 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 manager or professional account for 9.8%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 83% 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.
Foreign nationals: 2.2% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Anjou. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 58% of compared French towns: 28%
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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (20%). In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,031 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Anjou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anjou | 47.6 | 27% | 5.4% | 2.9% |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne 4,606 · 3.3 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Chanas 2,706 · 3.8 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 3% | 11% |
| Roussillon 8,595 · 3.8 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2% | 15% |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon 6,718 · 4.5 mi | 41.8 | 24% | 0.9% | 25% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 4.8 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
| Anneyron 4,169 · 5.2 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
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 Anjou
What is the population of Anjou?
1,031 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (1,016).
How old are Anjou’s residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 72% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Anjou?
25, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Anjou?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Anjou?
€27,120 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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