A smaller share of households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns: 1.2%
Here 3.7% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The 2023 Census put Le Gua’s population at 1,928, in 820 households. Across Le Gua, 5.6% of households are headed by a manual worker. On one-person households, Le Gua sits lower than 86% of compared French towns: 28%.
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 Le Gua
Empty homes
The census found 160 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +5% since 2012, faster than 50% 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
In two steps, −3% to 2017 and +8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Isère.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 76% of compared French towns: 9.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Gua 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Le Gua is 43.5, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 21% here. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are couples with children, a share 84% 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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Few places have so few single-parent households: 8% here, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of empty homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Le Gua has 19%. The share of second homes stands at 5.2%. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €28,730 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 residents live in households above €28,730 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 68% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Locally, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person 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 77% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 1.7% in Le Gua and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Isère has 8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns. For comparison, 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.
Le Gua sits above 84% of compared French towns for married residents (48%)
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
With single residents at 22%, Le Gua is behind 81% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 85% of compared French towns: 13%
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: 41%, above 81% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
13th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,928 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Le Gua
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Gua | 43.5 | 21% | 5.2% | 3.6% |
| Vif 8,530 · 2.8 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers 2,699 · 3.6 mi | 43 | 21% | 1.5% | 4% |
| Villard-de-Lans 4,328 · 5.6 mi | 51 | 28% | 64% | 3.7% |
| Varces-Allières-et-Risset 8,542 · 5.7 mi | 35.8 | 15% | 1.4% | 5.5% |
| Champ-sur-Drac 3,335 · 6.2 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 6.1% |
| Claix 7,836 · 7.4 mi | 47.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 5.2% |
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 Le Gua
What is the population of Le Gua?
1,928 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,839).
How old are Le Gua’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Gua?
54, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Gua?
INSEE counts 69 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Gua?
€28,730 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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