Jarcieu sits below 90% of compared French towns for households without a car (4.7%)
Households in social housing make up 4.5%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Jarcieu had 1,135 residents in 520 households at the 2023 Census. 13% of homes are flats, or about one in eight. On households headed by a manual worker, Jarcieu sits higher than 81% of compared French towns: 20%.
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.
+9% since 2012, a pace 67% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Isère town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
Jarcieu is older than 75% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Jarcieu 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In Jarcieu, 8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. At 25%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 66% 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%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 86% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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: 31% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are more common here than in 64% of compared French towns. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
87% 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
Turnover: 8.8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 18% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Lower than in 50% of compared French towns: 2.1% of homes are second homes. Jarcieu sits close to the norm on empty homes: 6.7%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,840 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,840 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 84% of compared French towns: 40%
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 manager or professional: 13% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Jarcieu sits below 74% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.9%)
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 74% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up about one in 36 here (2.8%). By way of comparison, 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, below 82% 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 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification here. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
41 French towns of 1,135 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Jarcieu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarcieu | 48.1 | 25% | 2.1% | 3.9% |
| Beaurepaire 5,010 · 5 mi | 46.3 | 28% | 2% | 9.5% |
| Anneyron 4,169 · 5.2 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Chanas 2,706 · 6.3 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 3% | 11% |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne 4,606 · 6.6 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 6.6 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
| Roussillon 8,595 · 7 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2% | 15% |
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 Jarcieu
What is the population of Jarcieu?
1,135 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,038).
How old are Jarcieu’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jarcieu?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jarcieu?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jarcieu?
€26,840 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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