Murinais: 36% of households are couples with children, above 95% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Murinais comes in at 3%. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 24%. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 14%, fewer than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 412, in 170 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 Murinais
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +9% since 2012 puts Murinais ahead of 65% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Isère town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.1% in Murinais, less than in 92% 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
■ Murinais 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Murinais’s residents are over 44.7, older than in 55% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 19%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Murinais ranks below 95% of compared French towns on one-person households: 24%
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
Average household size: 2.4 people. Single-parent households are more common here than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households in social housing: 5.3%, a lower share than 85% 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
The share of second homes is 4.2%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Murinais has more empty homes than 52% of compared French towns, at 6.8%. As a reference point, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
€26,420 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.
Living standards centre on €26,420 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Murinais ranks below 86% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 24%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 83% of compared French towns: 2.9% of residents are immigrants
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 figure for foreign nationals is 1.5% in Murinais and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
Single residents: 19%, a lower share than 95% 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
With married residents at 46%, Murinais is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 59% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Put another way, about one in three: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (412 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Murinais is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murinais | 44.7 | 19% | 4.2% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Marcellin 7,700 · 3.9 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
| Vinay 4,438 · 4.3 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.7% |
| Chatte 2,518 · 4.8 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux 3,186 · 9 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 2.6% | 8.6% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs 3,425 · 9.3 mi | 43 | 23% | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| Tullins 7,624 · 10.5 mi | 47 | 23% | 1% | 9.9% |
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 Murinais
What is the population of Murinais?
412 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (379).
How old are Murinais’ residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Murinais?
8, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Murinais?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Murinais?
€26,420 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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