38% of households are couples with children, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
By its share of flats (5.9%), Oyeu is below 94% of compared French towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Oyeu sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 7.2%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,106, in 430 households. Census figures put households without a car at 2.6% in the town.
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 Oyeu
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 9.3% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Oyeu had 915 residents at the 2012 census and 1,106 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +21% since 2012, faster than 91% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Isère town +7%. The first five years brought +10%; the six to 2023, +10%.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 17% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Oyeu 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.1, Oyeu is younger than 72% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 22% of households are one person living alone
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 2.6 people on average. Fewer single-parent households than in 62% of compared French towns: 9.3%. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
3.5% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 92% 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
Of all households, 7.5% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. On households in social housing, Oyeu sits lower than 85% of compared French towns: 5.4%. The town sits close to the norm on second homes: 2.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,390 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.
Half of Oyeu’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,390 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
26% of households are headed by a retired person, below 82% of compared French towns
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
14% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). At 15%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 58% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% 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.
The median compared commune in Isère has 8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in four fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 43: that is how common foreign nationals are in Oyeu (2.3%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Oyeu
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
51% are married and 13% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 4.1% are widowed. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 70% 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
Few places have as many graduates of higher education: 31% here, more than in 54% of compared French towns. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,106 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Oyeu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oyeu | 41.1 | 17% | 2.4% | 3.3% |
| Apprieu 3,615 · 2.1 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 2% | 5.1% |
| Chirens 2,546 · 3.5 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 2.9% | 5.8% |
| Le Grand-Lemps 3,083 · 3.6 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 2.6% | 8.3% |
| Villages du Lac de Paladru 2,598 · 3.9 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 15% | 3.5% |
| Rives 6,549 · 5.1 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1.7% | 9.6% |
| Renage 3,348 · 6.2 mi | 44 | 21% | 1.5% | 11% |
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 Oyeu
What is the population of Oyeu?
1,106 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (915).
How old are Oyeu’s residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Oyeu?
11, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Oyeu?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Oyeu?
€28,390 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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