Le Passage: 37% of households are couples with children, above 96% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing is 4.6%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. For Le Passage, the census puts households without a car at 4.1%. The town has fewer households headed by a retired person than 92% of compared French towns, at 22%. At the 2023 Census Le Passage was home to 983 people in 390 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 Le Passage
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 8.2% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Le Passage had 780 residents at the 2012 census and 983 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+26% since 2012, a pace 95% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Isère town +7%. The change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +24% from 2017 to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 83% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Passage 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Le Passage is 41.8, lower than in two thirds of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Locally, 9.7% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 97% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Households here average 2.5 people each. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 8.2%, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
In Le Passage, 3.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% 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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 19% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Higher than in 86% of compared French towns: 8.3% of homes are second homes. At 6.5%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,850 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 Le Passage is €28,850 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 85% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in ten here (9.6%). In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2% of residents are immigrants, below 92% of compared French towns
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.
With foreign nationals at 1.3%, Le Passage is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns: 19%
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 half of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Le Passage
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 the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Le Passage has 33%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 983 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Le Passage 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Passage | 41.8 | 17% | 8.3% | 2% |
| Saint-André-le-Gaz 2,754 · 1.2 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 3.4% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour 3,628 · 3.1 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
| Les Abrets en Dauphiné 6,850 · 3.4 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| La Tour-du-Pin 8,111 · 4.3 mi | 42 | 22% | 1.7% | 17% |
| Villages du Lac de Paladru 2,598 · 4.4 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 15% | 3.5% |
| Dolomieu 3,173 · 6.1 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 4.5% | 3.1% |
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 Le Passage
What is the population of Le Passage?
983 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (780).
How old are Le Passage’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Passage?
39, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Passage?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Passage?
€28,850 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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