Only 2.4% of households have no car in Jardin
5.1% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Single-parent households account for 3.9%. With a median age of 50.3, Jardin is older than 84% of compared French towns. This Isère town counted 2,178 residents and 870 households 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.
Jardin’s population moved −2% on 2012, less than in 79% 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
The median Isère town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six −1%.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Jardin 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.9% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Jardin sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (21%)
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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Jardin has 33%. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 86% 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
29% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.9% moved in within the last two years. Against that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 5.4% of homes stand empty. The share of second homes trails 77% of compared French towns: 1.1%.
€32,920 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €32,920 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 3.0% of the population.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 6.2% in Jardin, less than in 93% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 20%, Jardin is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Here, 41% 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).
Below 61% of compared French towns: 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Jardin (6.4%). That is lower than in 51% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Isère has 8%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
By its share of married residents (53%), Jardin is above 98% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 45% in Jardin, more 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
Adults with no qualification make up 12%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest 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).
No nearby town is as old as Jardin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jardin | 50.3 | 28% | 1.1% | 6.4% |
| Pont-Évêque 6,213 · 2.1 mi | 37.2 | 18% | 0.9% | 20% |
| Vienne 31,778 · 2.2 mi | 40.2 | 20% | 1.7% | 15% |
| Estrablin 3,677 · 2.5 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Ampuis 2,769 · 4.7 mi | 46 | 22% | 1% | 3.4% |
| Loire-sur-Rhône 2,746 · 6.5 mi | 41.7 | 19% | 1% | 4.8% |
| Condrieu 3,957 · 7.3 mi | 47 | 29% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
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 Jardin
What is the population of Jardin?
2,178 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (2,232).
How old are Jardin’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jardin?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jardin?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 70 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jardin?
€32,920 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 3.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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