Households without a car make up 3.6% in Miribel-les-Échelles, less than in 97% of compared French towns
7.6% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Here, 7.5% of homes are second homes. Few places have so few flats: 8.9% here, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. There were 740 households in Miribel-les-Échelles at the 2023 Census, home to 1,713 residents.
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.
Slower growth than 76% of compared French towns: Miribel-les-Échelles changed by −2% since 2012
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Isère. Here the change came as −1% to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
A median age of 49.8: Miribel-les-Échelles is older than 82% 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
■ Miribel-les-Échelles 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Miribel-les-Échelles has 27%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Only 30% of households are one person living alone in Miribel-les-Échelles
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 7.5% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 85% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 28%, above 63% of compared French towns.
Households in social housing make up 5.1% in Miribel-les-Échelles, less than in 86% 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
6.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 29% have stayed 30 years or more. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 9.3%, more than in three quarters of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,230 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,230 a year: higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 85% of compared French towns: 41%
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
11% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 63% of compared French towns: 7.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 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).
Miribel-les-Échelles ranks below 85% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.7%
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 lower than in 85% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. Here, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 58% of compared French towns: 26%
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
44% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Miribel-les-Échelles, less than in 69% 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
Just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,713 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Miribel-les-Échelles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miribel-les-Échelles | 49.8 | 27% | 7.5% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Laurent-du-Pont 4,490 · 2.7 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 3% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Crossey 2,619 · 4.7 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 2.4% | 3.3% |
| Coublevie 5,520 · 6.9 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 1.3% | 5.9% |
| Voiron 21,847 · 7.3 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Chirens 2,546 · 7.4 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 2.9% | 5.8% |
| Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin 3,602 · 7.5 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 8% |
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 Miribel-les-Échelles
What is the population of Miribel-les-Échelles?
1,713 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,740).
How old are Miribel-les-Échelles’ residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Miribel-les-Échelles?
66, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Miribel-les-Échelles?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Miribel-les-Échelles?
€27,230 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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