36% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Revel has 4.5%. At the 2023 Census Revel was home to 1,312 people in 550 households. Nearly a tenth of its homes are second homes; 3.7% of residents are immigrants. Few places have so few households in social housing: 2.7% here, fewer than in 95% 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 Revel
Many graduates
62% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 30% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Revel had 1,413 residents at the 2012 census and 1,312 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Revel has changed by −7%, slower than 93% 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
A median age of 47: Revel is older than 69% 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
■ Revel 47. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.9% in Revel. Residents aged 65 and over account for 19%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In Revel, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 93% 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
Average household size: 2.4 people. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 88% of compared French towns: 33% of households are couples with children.
Fewer households without a car than 97% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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 Revel, 5.7% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 5.9% of homes are flats.
€36,840 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €36,840 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 97% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 2.9% in Revel, less than in 99% 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 retired person: 25%, below 83% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 76% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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.
The median compared commune in Isère has 8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 76% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The share of foreign nationals stands at 2.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Revel sits above 95% of compared French towns for married residents (51%)
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Revel. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
62% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Revel has 7.5%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,312 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Revel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revel | 47 | 19% | 8.3% | 3.7% |
| Domène 6,835 · 2.2 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 1.3% | 9% |
| Le Versoud 4,900 · 2.3 mi | 41.6 | 17% | 0.7% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Uriage 5,587 · 2.8 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 6.3% | 5.5% |
| Villard-Bonnot 7,509 · 4.1 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 1% | 7.3% |
| Gières 7,376 · 4.2 mi | 36 | 16% | 3.9% | 11% |
| Montbonnot-Saint-Martin 5,698 · 4.3 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
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 Revel
What is the population of Revel?
1,312 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,413).
How old are Revel’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Revel?
53, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Revel?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Revel?
€36,840 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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