19% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 1.3% in Meyrié. At the 2023 Census Meyrié was home to 1,096 people in 440 households. In Meyrié, 4.1% of households have no car. Lower than in 91% of compared French towns: 6.8% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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 Meyrié
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 5.7% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
50% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 23% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+6% since 2012, a pace 54% 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
Here the change came as −4% to 2017, then +10% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Isère.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of compared French towns, at 8.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Meyrié 47. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Meyrié’s residents are over 47, older than in 69% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% in the town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Meyrié: 34% of households are couples with children, above 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
Households here average 2.5 people each. On single-parent households, Meyrié sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 5.7%. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
9.5% of homes are flats, below 87% 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
5.7% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. To put it in context, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. For Meyrié, the census puts second homes at 2%.
At the median, €34,320 a year to live on
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 Meyrié is €34,320 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 92% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 35% in Meyrié. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten 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).
Only 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Meyrié
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.
Immigrants make up 3.2%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Isère has 8%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
In Meyrié, 59% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
17% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 50% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 12% in Meyrié and 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,096 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).
Meyrié and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyrié | 47 | 22% | 2% | 3.2% |
| Nivolas-Vermelle 2,706 · 0.9 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Bourgoin-Jallieu 30,151 · 2.5 mi | 37.9 | 18% | 1.9% | 17% |
| Ruy-Montceau 4,805 · 3 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 1.1% | 5.1% |
| Cessieu 3,259 · 4.5 mi | 40.2 | 16% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Savin 4,323 · 4.9 mi | 43.8 | 18% | 1.3% | 3.7% |
| L'Isle-d'Abeau 17,515 · 5.1 mi | 33.3 | 8.9% | 0.6% | 12% |
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 Meyrié
What is the population of Meyrié?
1,096 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,037).
How old are Meyrié’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Meyrié?
9, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Meyrié?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Meyrié?
€34,320 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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