Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.9%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In Clelles, half of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 20: 5% of households are single parents. More empty homes than in 83% of compared French towns: 11%. Its 290 households held 596 residents 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 Clelles
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 74 second homes and occasional dwellings in Clelles, 18% of its 410 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 88% 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.
More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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 12% in the typical compared French town, one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) here. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. About one in 13: that is how common households without a car are in Clelles (7.5%). At 22%, the share of flats is lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
+9% since 2012, a pace 66% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
The median Isère town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six +10%.
Clelles: 28% of residents are 65 or over, above 78% 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
■ Clelles 46. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Clelles’s residents are over 46, older than in 63% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In Clelles, 40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 69% 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
A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Clelles. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Average household size: 2 people.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,720 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.
The median standard of living in Clelles is €23,720 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 5%
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
Across Clelles, 8.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.4% of residents are immigrants in Clelles
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 median compared commune in Isère has 8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 2.9% of the total. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Clelles, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 91% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
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
Nearly two fifths of Clelles’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 13% have no diploma (19%).
19th highest median age among 41 French towns of 596 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 3 of 5 towns have older populations than Clelles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clelles | 46 | 28% | 18% | 3.4% |
| La Mure 4,963 · 10 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 5.1% | 8.2% |
| Die 4,844 · 13.1 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 11% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers 2,699 · 15.3 mi | 43 | 21% | 1.5% | 4% |
| Vif 8,530 · 15.8 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Villard-de-Lans 4,328 · 17.3 mi | 51 | 28% | 64% | 3.7% |
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 Clelles
What is the population of Clelles?
596 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (548).
How old are Clelles’ residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Clelles?
74, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Clelles?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Clelles?
€23,720 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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