31% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
With empty homes at 2.6%, Saint-Honoré is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. The share of households without a car stands at 3.5%. This Isère town has fewer households headed by a manual worker than 86% of compared French towns, at 8.4%. There were 350 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 830 residents.
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 Saint-Honoré
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Honoré, 31% of its 530 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 18% 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.
Saint-Honoré: 16% of households rent social housing (HLM), above 65% of compared French towns
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 that moved in under two years ago: 5.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 28%. The wider picture: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Saint-Honoré behind 59% 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 change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Isère town +7%.
Saint-Honoré is older than 60% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Honoré 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.7% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-Honoré, 28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 85% 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 2.4 people on average. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 27% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%).
Standard of living at the median: €26,450 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-Honoré is €26,450 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
40% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 85% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
8.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.2%, a lower share than 80% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Saint-Honoré, 1.8%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
A larger share of married residents than 91% of compared French towns: 50%
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
By its share of single residents (21%), Saint-Honoré is below 84% of compared French towns. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Honoré ranks below 74% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-Honoré. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 830 to 2,582 people, the 21st oldest
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).
Around Saint-Honoré, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Honoré | 45.5 | 23% | 31% | 3.2% |
| La Mure 4,963 · 3.2 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 5.1% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers 2,699 · 7.6 mi | 43 | 21% | 1.5% | 4% |
| Vizille 7,292 · 8.8 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.4% | 8% |
| Vif 8,530 · 9.4 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Champ-sur-Drac 3,335 · 9.5 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 6.1% |
| Jarrie 3,952 · 11 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 4% |
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-Honoré
What is the population of Saint-Honoré?
830 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (809).
How old are Saint-Honoré’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Honoré?
160, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Honoré?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Honoré?
€26,450 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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