Colombe: 38% of households are couples with children, above 97% of compared French towns
7.1% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Locally, 3.6% of households have no car. Lower than in 96% of compared French towns: 2.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). Colombe’s 770 households held 1,890 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 Colombe
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 5.2% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Colombe had 1,470 residents at the 2012 census and 1,890 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Colombe grew +29% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 96% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Isère town, the change came in two steps: +7% from 2012 to 2017, then +20% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of compared French towns: 7.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Colombe 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
19% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age in Colombe is 41.5, lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are one person living alone, below 98% 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
The figure for single-parent households is 5.2% in Colombe and 10% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
A lower share of empty homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 2.9%
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
22% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.1% moved in within the last two years. Second homes are more common here than in 71% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €29,590 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 €29,590 a year: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). On households headed by a retired person, Colombe sits lower than two thirds of compared French towns: 29%. Set beside that, 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).
Below 75% of compared French towns: 3.8% of residents are immigrants
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Colombe has 2.6%. Against that, 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
Married residents make up 53%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 77% of compared French towns: 14%
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: 35% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 7th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Colombe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombe | 41.5 | 19% | 4% | 3.8% |
| Le Grand-Lemps 3,083 · 1.4 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 2.6% | 8.3% |
| Apprieu 3,615 · 2.4 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 2% | 5.1% |
| Rives 6,549 · 4.1 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1.7% | 9.6% |
| Renage 3,348 · 4.8 mi | 44 | 21% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Chirens 2,546 · 5.3 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 2.9% | 5.8% |
| Villages du Lac de Paladru 2,598 · 6.3 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 Colombe
What is the population of Colombe?
1,890 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (1,470).
How old are Colombe’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Colombe?
33, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Colombe?
INSEE counts 71 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Colombe?
€29,590 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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