Fewer one-person households than 80% of compared French towns: 29%
Here nearly a fifth of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 37%. Half of Saint-Clair-du-Rhône’s residents are over 45.7, older than in 61% of compared French towns. Its 1,650 households held 3,778 residents at the 2023 Census.
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.
Slower growth than 83% of compared French towns: Saint-Clair-du-Rhône changed by −3% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Isère town +7%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 60% of compared French towns: 10%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Clair-du-Rhône 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly two in ten: 22% of residents are 65 or over. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are couples with children, more than in 67% 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: 2.3 people. More single-parent households than in four fifths of compared French towns: 12%. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 4.8% of homes stand empty
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
Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. On the census count, 8.4% of households have no car. 1.3% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €28,170 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 median standard of living in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône is €28,170 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 72% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 9.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 67% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône comes in at 12%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.9% of Saint-Clair-du-Rhône’s residents
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 higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 14 here (6.9%). Saint-Clair-du-Rhône sits close to the norm on foreign nationals: 4.2%, about the same as 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.
More married residents than 72% of compared French towns: 46%
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Saint-Clair-du-Rhône has 23%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 31% in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône, more than in 53% 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
In Saint-Clair-du-Rhône, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,742 to 3,815 people), the 19th 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.
Ages run from 34.4 in Chauconin-Neufmontiers to 53.9 in Brantôme en Périgord.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Saint-Clair-du-Rhône
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Clair-du-Rhône | 45.7 | 22% | 1.3% | 6.9% |
| Condrieu 3,957 · 1.9 mi | 47 | 29% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Chavanay 2,884 · 2.6 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Maurice-l'Exil 6,889 · 3.4 mi | 38.9 | 17% | 1.2% | 13% |
| Ampuis 2,769 · 4.2 mi | 46 | 22% | 1% | 3.4% |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon 6,718 · 4.7 mi | 41.8 | 24% | 0.9% | 25% |
| Pélussin 3,727 · 5 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 7.4% | 3.5% |
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 Saint-Clair-du-Rhône
What is the population of Saint-Clair-du-Rhône?
3,778 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (3,911).
How old are Saint-Clair-du-Rhône’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône?
23, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône?
INSEE counts 260 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône?
€28,170 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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