A smaller share of flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.1%
Households in social housing: 4.3%, below 89% of compared French towns. Nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person, a lower share than in 86% of compared French towns. There were 230 households in Pisieu at the 2023 Census, home to 524 residents. One-person households make up about one in four here (28%).
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.
Pisieu changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 79% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Isère town +7%. The change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of compared French towns: 8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pisieu 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Pisieu’s residents are over 48.7, older than in 78% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. For Pisieu, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 87% of compared French towns: 13%
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: 2.2 people. At 26%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 54% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Pisieu ranks below 92% of compared French towns on households without a car: 4.3%
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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Pisieu, 4.7%. Still, 3.9% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 71% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%.
A median of €25,550 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.
The median standard of living in Pisieu is €25,550 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 4.3%, a lower share than 91% 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
In Pisieu, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.5% in Pisieu, less than in 96% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Pisieu, 1%. The wider picture: 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.
Pisieu sits below 87% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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
Married residents: 48% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Below 54% of compared French towns: 29% 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
Here, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (524 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
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.
Pisieu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pisieu | 48.7 | 23% | 3.9% | 1.5% |
| Beaurepaire 5,010 · 3.2 mi | 46.3 | 28% | 2% | 9.5% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Bournay 4,843 · 8.9 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 1.5% | 3% |
| La Côte-Saint-André 4,873 · 9.2 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux 3,186 · 9.9 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 2.6% | 8.6% |
| Estrablin 3,677 · 10.4 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Anneyron 4,169 · 11.7 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
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 Pisieu
What is the population of Pisieu?
524 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (537).
How old are Pisieu’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pisieu?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pisieu?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pisieu?
€25,550 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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