Photo: Marc Kossa · CC BY-SA 3.0Below 97% of compared French towns: 3.5% of households have no car
Households headed by a manual worker make up 8.6%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. At 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 89% of compared French towns. Jarrie had 3,952 residents in 1,700 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 1.3% of homes are second homes.
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 Jarrie
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 20% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+3% since 2012, a pace below 56% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then +5% to 2023.
Older than 61% of compared French towns: half of Jarrie is over 45.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Jarrie 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 10% of residents are 15 to 24. Jarrie has more residents aged 65 and over than 56% of compared French towns, at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are couples with children, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Nearly one in ten households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Households in social housing: 14%, a higher share than 58% 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
Of all households, 7.2% moved in during the last two years and 28% have stayed three decades or more. At 33%, the share of flats is higher than in 55% of compared French towns. For comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 7%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €32,690 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 midpoint of living standards here is €32,690 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 5.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
Jarrie sits above 86% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (19%)
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 retired person: 37%, above nearly three quarters of compared French towns. To put it in context, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 74% of compared French towns: 4%
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. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 2.3% in Jarrie.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 49% in Jarrie, more than in 87% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Jarrie has 23%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 94% 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 figure for graduates of higher education is 48% in Jarrie and 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 3,923 to 3,982 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 32.4 in Suippes to 64.9 in Erquy.
Jarrie is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrie | 45.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 4% |
| Champ-sur-Drac 3,335 · 2.1 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 6.1% |
| Vizille 7,292 · 2.3 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.4% | 8% |
| Le Pont-de-Claix 10,956 · 3 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 0.8% | 21% |
| Eybens 10,493 · 3.2 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Varces-Allières-et-Risset 8,542 · 3.4 mi | 35.8 | 15% | 1.4% | 5.5% |
| Échirolles 37,491 · 3.4 mi | 38.8 | 19% | 1.2% | 24% |
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 Jarrie
What is the population of Jarrie?
3,952 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (3,823).
How old are Jarrie’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jarrie?
23, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jarrie?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 89 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jarrie?
€32,690 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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