Photo: Danielclauzier · CC BY-SA 3.0La Mure ranks below 88% of compared French towns on couples with children: 16%
The share of households without a car is 20%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. There were 2,520 households in La Mure at the 2023 Census, home to 4,963 residents. 23% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Mure
Many people living alone
48% of La Mure’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 360 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 75% of compared French towns grew faster than La Mure: −1%
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, ±0%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Isère town +7%.
La Mure is older than 81% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Mure 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, La Mure has 30%. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.4%.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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.
In La Mure, 48% of households are one person living alone, more than in 90% of compared French towns
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. 9.9% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 52% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 12%, a higher share than 88% 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
Flats make up 52%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes stands at 5.1%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,450 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 €23,450 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 17.0% of residents.
Households headed by a retired person make up 42% in La Mure, more than in 88% 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
About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in La Mure (14%). Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 61% of compared French towns: 8.2%
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 higher than in 61% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 18 here (5.7%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In La Mure, 36% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 88% 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
28% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 27%, a higher share than 85% 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
In La Mure, just over a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 4,907 to 5,020 people: this is the 9th 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.
Bruyères-sur-Oise is the youngest (35.2); Le Fenouiller the oldest (57).
No nearby town is as old as La Mure
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Mure | 49.5 | 30% | 5.1% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers 2,699 · 10 mi | 43 | 21% | 1.5% | 4% |
| Vif 8,530 · 11.6 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Vizille 7,292 · 11.8 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.4% | 8% |
| Champ-sur-Drac 3,335 · 12.3 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 6.1% |
| Jarrie 3,952 · 14 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 4% |
| Varces-Allières-et-Risset 8,542 · 14.1 mi | 35.8 | 15% | 1.4% | 5.5% |
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 Mure
What is the population of La Mure?
4,963 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (5,028).
How old are La Mure’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Mure?
160, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Mure?
INSEE counts 410 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 280 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Mure?
€23,450 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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