Fewer households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Arandon-Passins has 5.1%. There were 800 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 1,864 residents. Roughly one in ten: 10% of homes are flats. At 31%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 71% 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.
Arandon-Passins’s population changed by +8% since 2012, more than in 62% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +5%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, below 73% 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
■ Arandon-Passins 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Half of Arandon-Passins’s residents are under 42.8, younger than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Arandon-Passins: 13% of households are single parents, above 88% 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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. Few places have as many couples with children: 30% here, more than in 74% of compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 77% of compared French towns: 5.1%
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
One household in 20 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. The census found that 6.4% of homes stand empty in Arandon-Passins. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €26,580 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 €26,580 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
In Arandon-Passins, 5.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 85% 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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 19% in Arandon-Passins and 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. A third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 71% 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: 2.5% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Isère has 8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 79% of compared French towns, at 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
Married residents: 44% of the total. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 77% 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
In Arandon-Passins, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,864 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).
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Arandon-Passins
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arandon-Passins | 42.8 | 19% | 5.1% | 4.2% |
| Morestel 4,340 · 2 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1.3% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Chef 3,921 · 5.4 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 2.1% | 4.1% |
| Dolomieu 3,173 · 6.2 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 4.5% | 3.1% |
| Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin 7,698 · 7.3 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 5.3% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Savin 4,323 · 7.6 mi | 43.8 | 18% | 1.3% | 3.7% |
| Montalieu-Vercieu 3,510 · 8 mi | 38.3 | 16% | 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 Arandon-Passins
What is the population of Arandon-Passins?
1,864 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (1,729).
How old are Arandon-Passins’ residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arandon-Passins?
46, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arandon-Passins?
INSEE counts 78 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arandon-Passins?
€26,580 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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