More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 42%
3.9% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. There were 450 households in Poliénas at the 2023 Census, home to 1,111 residents. The share of flats stands at 5.8%. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 76% of compared French towns.
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 Poliénas
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 5.7% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 62% of compared French towns: Poliénas changed by +2% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +9%; 2017 to 2023, −6%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Isère town +7%.
Poliénas is older than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Poliénas 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 20% in Poliénas, less than in 99% 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
With single-parent households at 5.7%, Poliénas is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.5 people.
A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.1%
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
Nearly a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.1% moved in within the last two years. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Poliénas has fewer empty homes than 72% of compared French towns, at 5.2%. On second homes, 2.5% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €28,740 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,740 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 67% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Here, 8.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.7% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 56% 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.
At 5.8%, the share of immigrants is lower than in 56% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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 married residents is 55%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 27%, a lower share than 61% 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 so few adults with no qualification: 18% here, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Poliénas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Poliénas
What is the population of Poliénas?
1,111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,092).
How old are Poliénas’ residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Poliénas?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Poliénas?
INSEE counts 64 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Poliénas?
€28,740 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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