In Presles, 40% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 2.4%, below 99% of compared French towns. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 4.2%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. Presles’s 45 households held 102 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Presles, 50% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Presles
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Presles, 40% of its 76 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 1.3% of homes stand empty in Presles
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Presles changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 53% 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 change was −11% from 2012 to 2017 and +17% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Isère town +7%.
Half of Presles is under 40.7, younger than 75% 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
■ Presles 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that 21% of residents are 65 or over in Presles. On residents aged 15 to 24, Presles sits lower than 52% of compared French towns: 11%.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 73 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 60% 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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 25%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 60% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 3.2%, a lower share than 62% 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.
Put another way, about one in 16: 6.3% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Isère has 8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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 stands at 43%. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
46% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 13% in Presles and 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 102 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Presles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presles | 40.7 | 21% | 40% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Marcellin 7,700 · 4.8 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
| Chatte 2,518 · 5.9 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans 2,874 · 7.3 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 6.5% | 6% |
| Vinay 4,438 · 7.7 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.7% |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors 2,936 · 8.2 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 53% | 2.6% |
| Villard-de-Lans 4,328 · 8.4 mi | 51 | 28% | 64% | 3.7% |
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 Presles
What is the population of Presles?
102 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (98).
How old are Presles’ residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Presles?
30, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Presles?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (3.2%). 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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