A lower share of households without a car than 96% of compared French towns, at 3.6%
With a median age of 50.4, Saint-Vérand is older than 84% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,711, in 770 households. 5.9% of households are single parents. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Saint-Vérand has 4.7%.
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.
Since 2012, Saint-Vérand has changed by −3%, slower than 82% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Isère town +7%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.7%, a lower share than 95% 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
■ Saint-Vérand 50.4. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of Saint-Vérand’s residents are 65 or older, against 21% in the median Isère town and 22% in the median compared French town; 21% are under 18. As a yardstick, 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%.
Saint-Vérand ranks below 78% of compared French towns on one-person households: 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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 27% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 5.9% are single parents with their children (10%).
Fewer flats than 94% of compared French towns: 6.3%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.4% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 25%. At 2%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €27,840 a year in 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.
Living standards centre on €27,840 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 40%, a higher share than 84% 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
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 75% of compared French towns, at 2.2%
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 63% of compared French towns. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 5% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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 Saint-Vérand, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Saint-Vérand, 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 58% 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
About one in six: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Saint-Vérand (18%). For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,711 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).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Saint-Vérand
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vérand | 50.4 | 27% | 2% | 5% |
| Saint-Marcellin 7,700 · 1.6 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
| Chatte 2,518 · 3.3 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| Vinay 4,438 · 4.5 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.7% |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors 2,936 · 9.6 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 53% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans 2,874 · 10.8 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 6.5% | 6% |
| Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux 3,186 · 11.6 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 2.6% | 8.6% |
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-Vérand
What is the population of Saint-Vérand?
1,711 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,770).
How old are Saint-Vérand’s residents?
The median age is 50.4, older than 84% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Vérand?
16, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Vérand?
INSEE counts 85 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Vérand?
€27,840 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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