Photo: Jean-Paul Corlin · CC BY-SA 4.0La Buisse ranks below 96% of compared French towns on one-person households: 24%
In La Buisse, 25% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 3.8% of households have no car. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 16% here, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 3,500 residents in 1,430 households.
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 La Buisse
Many graduates
50% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 20% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Growing fast
La Buisse had 2,989 residents at the 2012 census and 3,500 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +17% change since 2012: faster than 86% 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 +5% and the next six +11%.
La Buisse sits below 85% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.8%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Buisse 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of La Buisse’s residents are under 41.7, younger than in 68% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 33% of households are couples with children
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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 7.4%, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns.
Fewer empty homes than 85% of compared French towns: 4.2%
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
7.1% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Census figures put second homes at 1.7% in La Buisse.
Median standard of living: €31,200 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 La Buisse’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €31,200 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 6.0% of residents.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 7.7% 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
Here 29% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Measured more widely, 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).
La Buisse sits below 84% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.7%)
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.
5.1% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Isère has 8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 62% of compared French towns. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Married residents: 51%, a higher share than 95% 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
The share of single residents is 20%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
50% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 93% 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: 10% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,474 to 3,527 people: this is the 7th youngest
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 Sainte-Geneviève (36.6), the oldest Bréhal (60.1).
La Buisse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Buisse | 41.7 | 16% | 1.7% | 5.1% |
| Coublevie 5,520 · 1.3 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 1.3% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Moirans 3,620 · 1.5 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 2% | 6% |
| Voiron 21,847 · 2.4 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Moirans 7,818 · 2.8 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.2% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Crossey 2,619 · 3.1 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 2.4% | 3.3% |
| Voreppe 9,922 · 3.7 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 1.4% | 8.8% |
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 La Buisse
What is the population of La Buisse?
3,500 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (2,989).
How old are La Buisse’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Buisse?
26, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Buisse?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 58 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Buisse?
€31,200 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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