1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional: 4% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 12: 8.5% of homes are flats. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Pact had 863 residents in 370 households at the 2023 census.
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.
A change of +2% since 2012 leaves Pact behind 61% 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 ±0%; 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Isère town +7%.
Half of Pact is over 46.5, older than 66% 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
■ Pact 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Here, 20% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are one person living alone, below 85% of compared French towns
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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. Higher than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 31% of households are couples with children. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Pact ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.8%
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 empty homes is 10%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Here, 4.2% of homes are second homes. The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town.
A median of €24,830 a year per consumption unit
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 €24,830 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 79% of compared French towns: 27%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (17%), Pact is above 71% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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).
5.8% of residents in Pact 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.
Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.8%). That is lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Isère has 8%. Nothing unusual on foreign nationals: 4.1%, close to the figure 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.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 82% 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 is 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Pact
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
In Pact, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Pact is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pact | 46.5 | 20% | 4.2% | 5.8% |
| Beaurepaire 5,010 · 3.2 mi | 46.3 | 28% | 2% | 9.5% |
| Anneyron 4,169 · 7.4 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne 4,606 · 8.4 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Chanas 2,706 · 8.4 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 3% | 11% |
| Roussillon 8,595 · 8.6 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2% | 15% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 8.9 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
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 Pact
What is the population of Pact?
863 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (845).
How old are Pact’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pact?
18, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pact?
INSEE counts 50 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pact?
€24,830 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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