89% of homes are second homes, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
0.6% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 72% of compared French towns. Huez had 1,244 residents in 650 households at the 2023 Census. Flats: 94% of the total.
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 Huez
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 5,760 second homes and occasional dwellings in Huez, 89% of its 6,450 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 3.6% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Huez had 1,411 residents at the 2012 census and 1,244 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Huez’s households are one person: higher than in 91% of compared French towns; 35% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Huez, 7.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 72% 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
Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town. 13% of households rent social housing (HLM).
A change of −12% since 2012 leaves Huez behind 98% 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
In two steps, −7% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Isère.
Only 17% of residents are 65 or over in Huez
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Huez 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.3, Huez is older than 65% of compared French towns. In Huez, 9.8% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
3.7% of households are single parents, below 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
Households average 1.8 people. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Couples with children are rarer here than in 84% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Huez has 48%.
A median of €28,400 a year per consumption unit
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 €28,400 a year: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 90% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 10%, below 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 5% of residents are immigrants in Huez
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.
Across Huez, 4.6% of residents are foreign nationals. That is lower than in 64% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Isère has 8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
34% of residents 15 and over are married, below 93% 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
Here 31% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
In Huez, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 88% 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 75% of compared French towns: 38%. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,244 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Huez
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huez | 46.3 | 17% | 89% | 5% |
| Le Bourg-d'Oisans 2,617 · 2.5 mi | 52.4 | 28% | 32% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Uriage 5,587 · 11.8 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 6.3% | 5.5% |
| Vaulnaveys-le-Haut 4,006 · 12.2 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 4.8% | 4.3% |
| Le Versoud 4,900 · 13.3 mi | 41.6 | 17% | 0.7% | 6.7% |
| Villard-Bonnot 7,509 · 13.7 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 1% | 7.3% |
| Domène 6,835 · 13.8 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 1.3% | 9% |
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 Huez
What is the population of Huez?
1,244 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (1,411).
How old are Huez’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Huez?
5,760, with occasional dwellings: 89% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Huez?
INSEE counts 62 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Huez?
€28,400 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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