2.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Just over a fifth of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). The 2023 Census counted 745 residents in 310 households. Flats: 5.9% of the total. Few places have as many second homes: 6.3% here, more than in 81% of compared French towns.
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 Combe-de-Lancey
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 1.5% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
54% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 29% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +6% change since 2012: La Combe-de-Lancey grew faster than 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
Over those years, the median Isère town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then +6% to 2023.
La Combe-de-Lancey is older than 66% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Combe-de-Lancey 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in La Combe-de-Lancey comes in at 21%. About one in ten: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in La Combe-de-Lancey (9.8%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are couples with children, a share 92% 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
With single-parent households at 1.5%, La Combe-de-Lancey is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.9% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
7.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 26% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Fewer empty homes than in just over three fifths of compared French towns: 6%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €34,010 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 median standard of living in La Combe-de-Lancey is €34,010 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 96% of compared French towns: 28%
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 7.5% in La Combe-de-Lancey and 14% in the typical compared French town. In La Combe-de-Lancey, 29% of households are headed by a retired person. On average, 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).
La Combe-de-Lancey sits below 87% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.4%)
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 four fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 31: 3.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 50%, a higher share than 91% 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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
54% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
12% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 745 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
La Combe-de-Lancey and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Combe-de-Lancey | 46.5 | 21% | 6.3% | 3.2% |
| Le Versoud 4,900 · 1.5 mi | 41.6 | 17% | 0.7% | 6.7% |
| Villard-Bonnot 7,509 · 1.6 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 1% | 7.3% |
| Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes 3,016 · 3.2 mi | 47 | 23% | 1.2% | 4.9% |
| Domène 6,835 · 3.2 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 1.3% | 9% |
| Froges 3,285 · 3.4 mi | 47.6 | 24% | 0.6% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Ismier 7,165 · 3.6 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.2% |
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 Combe-de-Lancey
What is the population of La Combe-de-Lancey?
745 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (702).
How old are La Combe-de-Lancey’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Combe-de-Lancey?
22, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Combe-de-Lancey?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Combe-de-Lancey?
€34,010 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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