Households without a car make up 2.3% in Saint-Romans, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Saint-Romans, 26%. This Isère town is home to 1,897 residents in 800 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of empty homes stands at 4.4%. On households headed by a manual worker, Saint-Romans sits higher than 84% of compared French towns: 20%.
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.
A growing town: +9% since 2012, faster than 65% 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 first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, +7%.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Romans 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
For Saint-Romans, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 22%. Half of the town’s residents are over 44.3, older than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Romans sits above 75% of compared French towns for couples with children (30%)
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
11% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.4 people.
Only 13% of homes are flats in Saint-Romans
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
The share of households in social housing trails 74% of compared French towns: 7.4%. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. 3.9% of homes are second homes, or about one in 26.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,860 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.
At €26,860 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Saint-Romans: 35% of households are headed by a retired person, above 62% 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Saint-Romans comes in at 12%. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 81% of compared French towns: 1.9% of residents are foreign nationals
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, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Saint-Romans has 3.9%. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 74% 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.
In Saint-Romans, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 84% 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
The share of married residents tops 78% of compared French towns: 47%. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Romans ranks below 55% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 29%
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
On the census count, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,897 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Saint-Romans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Romans | 44.3 | 22% | 3.9% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Marcellin 7,700 · 2.9 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
| Chatte 2,518 · 2.9 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans 2,874 · 6.5 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 6.5% | 6% |
| Vinay 4,438 · 8.2 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.7% |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors 2,936 · 10.9 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 53% | 2.6% |
| Villard-de-Lans 4,328 · 11.7 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 Saint-Romans
What is the population of Saint-Romans?
1,897 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,745).
How old are Saint-Romans’ residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Romans?
34, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Romans?
INSEE counts 74 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Romans?
€26,860 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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