A larger share of second homes than 99% of compared French towns: 72%
Nearly four in five homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. At the 2023 Census, 1,079 people lived in Les Adrets, in 440 households. Residents aged 65 and over: 15% of the total. Few places have so few one-person households: 27% here, fewer than in 87% 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 Les Adrets
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 1,490 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Adrets, 72% of its 2,070 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 4.7% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many graduates
54% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 21% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM); in Les Adrets, 6.2%. Long tenure is the mark of 15% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.4% (under two years). This Isère town has fewer empty homes than 50% of compared French towns, at 6.7%. Elsewhere, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Les Adrets has grown +15%, faster than 82% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Isère town +7%.
Half of Les Adrets is under 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Adrets 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 10%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 92% of compared French towns, at 14%
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. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. At 30%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
A median of €29,830 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,830 a year: higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
In Les Adrets, 22% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 91% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Les Adrets comes in at 23%. 7% of households are headed by a manual worker. As a yardstick, 9.4% of 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).
3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 82% 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.
In Les Adrets, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The census found that 44% of residents 15 and over are married in Les Adrets. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
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
With adults with no qualification at 10%, Les Adrets is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 1,079 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Les Adrets 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Adrets | 39.8 | 15% | 72% | 3% |
| Froges 3,285 · 2.6 mi | 47.6 | 24% | 0.6% | 6.5% |
| Villard-Bonnot 7,509 · 4.2 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 1% | 7.3% |
| Crolles 8,609 · 4.6 mi | 45.9 | 21% | 0.7% | 7.5% |
| Bernin 3,334 · 5.3 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.4% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes 3,016 · 6.1 mi | 47 | 23% | 1.2% | 4.9% |
| Le Versoud 4,900 · 6.3 mi | 41.6 | 17% | 0.7% | 6.7% |
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 Les Adrets
What is the population of Les Adrets?
1,079 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (938).
How old are Les Adrets’ residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Adrets?
1,490, with occasional dwellings: 72% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Adrets?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Adrets?
€29,830 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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