La Côte-Saint-André ranks below 93% of compared French towns on couples with children: 14%
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 27% in La Côte-Saint-André. Here, 55% of homes are flats. This Isère town has more second homes than nearly two thirds of compared French towns, at 3.4%. At the 2023 Census La Côte-Saint-André was home to 4,873 people in 2,370 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 Côte-Saint-André
Many people living alone
48% of La Côte-Saint-André’s households are one person: higher than in 90% of compared French towns; 39% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 400 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Côte-Saint-André changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 67% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Isère town +7%.
14% of residents are 15 to 24, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Côte-Saint-André 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.7, La Côte-Saint-André is older than two thirds of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
La Côte-Saint-André ranks above 90% of compared French towns on one-person households: 48%
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
Average household size: 1.9 people. More single-parent households than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 12%. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of empty homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Car-free households: one in seven, where the median compared French town has 11%. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Locally, 13% of households rent social housing (HLM). More households without a car than in 63% of compared French towns: 14%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,910 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 €23,910 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 72% of compared French towns. 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 57% of compared French towns: 34%
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, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. 8.7% of La Côte-Saint-André’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 34% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Côte-Saint-André sits above 78% of compared French towns for immigrants (12%)
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in La Côte-Saint-André, 10%. The usual figure: 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.
34% of residents 15 and over are married, below 92% 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
Single residents: 32% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 27%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 4,839 to 4,907 people, the 18th 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.
Mourmelon-le-Grand is the youngest (30.8); Quiberon the oldest (63.9).
Older than La Côte-Saint-André: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Côte-Saint-André | 46.7 | 27% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux 3,186 · 4.2 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 2.6% | 8.6% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs 3,425 · 5.4 mi | 43 | 23% | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| Le Grand-Lemps 3,083 · 7.8 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 2.6% | 8.3% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Bournay 4,843 · 9.5 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 1.5% | 3% |
| Beaurepaire 5,010 · 10.8 mi | 46.3 | 28% | 2% | 9.5% |
| Apprieu 3,615 · 11.5 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 2% | 5.1% |
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 Côte-Saint-André
What is the population of La Côte-Saint-André?
4,873 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (4,838).
How old are La Côte-Saint-André’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 67% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Côte-Saint-André?
97, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Côte-Saint-André?
INSEE counts 590 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 500 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Côte-Saint-André?
€23,910 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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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