A larger share of households in social housing than 83% of compared French towns: 23%
With flats at 42%, Renage is ahead of 66% of compared French towns on that count. At the 2023 Census, 3,348 people lived in the town, in 1,530 households. For Renage, the census puts empty homes at 8.9%. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 35% here, more than in 62% 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 Renage
Fewer residents than in 2012
Renage had 3,647 residents at the 2012 census and 3,348 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−8% since 2012: slower than 95% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Isère town +7%.
Renage ranks below 56% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 21%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Renage 44. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Renage. The median age in the town is 44, lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 54% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Households average 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Higher than in 57% of compared French towns: 10% of households are single parents. Little separates the share of couples with children here, 25%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 52% of compared French towns: 10%
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
A fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 11% moved in within the last two years. Lower than in 63% of compared French towns: 1.5% of homes are second homes.
€25,030 a year: the median standard of living
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 Renage is €25,030 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 15.0%.
Renage ranks above 58% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 11%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 14%. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Renage ranks above 75% of compared French towns on immigrants: 11%
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.
Foreign nationals: 7.9% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
Single residents make up 24% in Renage, less than in 61% 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
In Renage, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 23%, a higher share than 71% 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
With graduates of higher education at 26%, Renage is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,315 to 3,381 people), the 17th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Saint-Maximin (36.4), the youngest, and Saint-Cast-le-Guildo (64.9), the oldest.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Renage
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 Renage
What is the population of Renage?
3,348 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (3,647).
How old are Renage’s residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Renage?
26, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Renage?
INSEE counts 370 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 260 foreign nationals (7.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Renage?
€25,030 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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