A lower share of households without a car than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.2%
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 4.3% in Apprieu. At the 2023 Census Apprieu was home to 3,615 people in 1,470 households. Residents aged 65 and over account for 17%. The town has fewer flats than 76% of compared French towns, at 16%.
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 Apprieu
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 7.8% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 81% of compared French towns: Apprieu changed by +15% since 2012
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Isère town +7%.
Apprieu is younger than 64% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Apprieu 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are couples with children, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
One-person households: 25% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Here, 7.8% of households are single parents.
84% of homes are houses
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
7.5% of households arrived within the last two years, while 19% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have so few empty homes: 6.1% here, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on second homes: 2%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €29,160 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,160 a year: higher than in 79% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 6.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Apprieu ranks above 81% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 17%
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 30% in Apprieu and 32% in the typical compared French town. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 51% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 62% of compared French towns: 5.1%
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: 3.1%, below 63% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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.
Apprieu sits below 81% of compared French towns for single residents (22%)
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married in Apprieu. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Apprieu, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 86% 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: 40% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 3,585 to 3,646
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 Neuilly-Crimolois (37.2), the oldest Plestin-les-Grèves (61.5).
Apprieu is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apprieu | 42.2 | 17% | 2% | 5.1% |
| Chirens 2,546 · 3.1 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 2.9% | 5.8% |
| Rives 6,549 · 3.1 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1.7% | 9.6% |
| Le Grand-Lemps 3,083 · 3.7 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 2.6% | 8.3% |
| Renage 3,348 · 4.3 mi | 44 | 21% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Voiron 21,847 · 4.8 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Villages du Lac de Paladru 2,598 · 5.2 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 15% | 3.5% |
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 Apprieu
What is the population of Apprieu?
3,615 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (3,154).
How old are Apprieu’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Apprieu?
32, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Apprieu?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Apprieu?
€29,160 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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