Moidieu-Détourbe: 37% of households are couples with children, above 96% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 2.6% in Moidieu-Détourbe. Flats are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,978, in 790 households. Households without a car account for 4.3%.
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 Moidieu-Détourbe
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +9% change since 2012: Moidieu-Détourbe grew faster than 66% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +4%; 2017 to 2023, +5%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 84% 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
■ Moidieu-Détourbe 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Moidieu-Détourbe’s residents are under 41.8, younger than in 67% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Here, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Moidieu-Détourbe sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (20%)
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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer empty homes than 76% of compared French towns: 4.9%
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
Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.3%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.1% moved in within the last two years.
€29,870 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €29,870 a year: higher than in 84% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 5.0%.
Moidieu-Détourbe sits below 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (8.9%)
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Moidieu-Détourbe, 28%. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 11%. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, below 79% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals here. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 51%, a higher share than 94% 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
The share of single residents trails 93% of compared French towns: 20%. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no 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
Just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,978 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Moidieu-Détourbe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moidieu-Détourbe | 41.8 | 17% | 1.3% | 3.4% |
| Estrablin 3,677 · 2.9 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche 3,545 · 4.6 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 1.7% | 3.2% |
| Pont-Évêque 6,213 · 5.2 mi | 37.2 | 18% | 0.9% | 20% |
| Saint-Just-Chaleyssin 2,695 · 5.6 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 1.5% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Bournay 4,843 · 6 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 1.5% | 3% |
| Diémoz 2,947 · 6.6 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 1% | 4% |
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 Moidieu-Détourbe
What is the population of Moidieu-Détourbe?
1,978 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,815).
How old are Moidieu-Détourbe’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Moidieu-Détourbe?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Moidieu-Détourbe?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% 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 Moidieu-Détourbe?
€29,870 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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