A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.8%
16% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. In Anthon, 21% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Few places have so few empty homes: 3.2% here, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. This Isère town had 1,154 residents in 460 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Anthon
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.5% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Anthon’s population changed by +13% since 2012, more than in 78% 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 those years, the median Isère town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then +9% to 2023.
8% of residents are 15 to 24, below 92% 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
■ Anthon 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Anthon’s residents are under 42.4, younger than in 63% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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
Couples with children: 35%, above 92% of compared French towns. Census figures put single-parent households at 8.5% in Anthon.
2.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 95% 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
Flats: 14% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 3% of the total.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €31,910 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.
At €31,910 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
Anthon ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 1%
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (25%), Anthon is below 84% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 1.9% in Anthon, less than in 81% 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.
Immigrants: 4.4%, below 70% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 92% 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
Single residents: 21% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
10% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 94% 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
Graduates of higher education: 38%, above three quarters of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,154 to 2,582 people), the 10th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Anthon sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthon | 42.4 | 16% | 3% | 4.4% |
| Chavanoz 5,126 · 1.7 mi | 37.1 | 14% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Loyettes 3,554 · 2 mi | 37.5 | 15% | 1.8% | 7.3% |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans 2,903 · 2.1 mi | 41.6 | 16% | 3.7% | 2.8% |
| Villette-d'Anthon 5,268 · 2.5 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 8.9% | 5.6% |
| Pont-de-Chéruy 6,302 · 2.6 mi | 33.9 | 15% | 1.1% | 22% |
| Charvieu-Chavagneux 10,547 · 3.4 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.5% | 13% |
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 Anthon
What is the population of Anthon?
1,154 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (1,017).
How old are Anthon’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Anthon?
15, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Anthon?
INSEE counts 50 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Anthon?
€31,910 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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