Half of Oulles is under 34, younger than 98% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 17 residents in 11 households. 18% of homes are flats.
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 Oulles
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Oulles, 70% of its 35 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 83% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Oulles’ residents are under 34 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are under 15 and 38% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Oulles had 12 residents at the 2012 census and 17 in 2023, up 42%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Oulles’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 67% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 70% of its homes
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
Turnover: 10% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 99% of compared French towns: Oulles changed by +42% 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
The median Isère town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −42% and the next six +143%.
38% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% 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
■ Oulles 34. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 13%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
38% women, 62% men
About 60 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns, at 50%
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
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 1.6 people in the average household.
Oulles ranks above 97% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 50%
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. On average, 32% 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).
0% of Oulles’ 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 38% of residents 15 and over are married
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Oulles, 23%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 18% 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
Adults with no qualification are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 17 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.
At the ends of the range sit Oulles (34), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Oulles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oulles | 34 | 38% | 70% | 0% |
| Le Bourg-d'Oisans 2,617 · 2.6 mi | 52.4 | 28% | 32% | 5.4% |
| Vaulnaveys-le-Haut 4,006 · 8.6 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 4.8% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Uriage 5,587 · 8.8 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 6.3% | 5.5% |
| Vizille 7,292 · 10.3 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.4% | 8% |
| Domène 6,835 · 11.5 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 1.3% | 9% |
| Le Versoud 4,900 · 11.6 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 Oulles
What is the population of Oulles?
17 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 42% more than in 2012 (12).
How old are Oulles’ residents?
The median age is 34, younger than 98% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Oulles?
25, with occasional dwellings: 70% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Oulles?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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