Above 98% of compared French towns: 39% of households are couples with children
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 14% of residents are 65 or over here. The 2023 Census put Salagnon’s population at 1,508, in 580 households. 1.9% of households have no car. Fewer flats than in 92% of compared French towns: 7.1%.
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 Salagnon
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 9% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Salagnon had 1,228 residents at the 2012 census and 1,508 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +23% change since 2012: faster 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
The median Isère town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +16% and the next six +6%.
Half of Salagnon is under 41, younger than 73% 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
■ Salagnon 41. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Salagnon, 10%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 18% in Salagnon, less than in 99% 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
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Salagnon has 9%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. There are 2.6 people in the average household.
5% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 86% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 15%. Few places have so few empty homes: 4.6% here, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%. 3.1% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%).
A median standard of living of €29,820 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.
Half of Salagnon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,820 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
Only 20% of households are headed by a retired person in Salagnon
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 16%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional. To put it in context, nearly a third 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).
Below 83% of compared French towns: 1.7% 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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Salagnon has 3.7%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 75% 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.
Salagnon ranks below 86% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
48% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 11%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 35% in Salagnon. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,508 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Salagnon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salagnon | 41 | 14% | 3.1% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Chef 3,921 · 1.9 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 2.1% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Savin 4,323 · 3.5 mi | 43.8 | 18% | 1.3% | 3.7% |
| Morestel 4,340 · 5.1 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1.3% | 7.6% |
| Ruy-Montceau 4,805 · 5.6 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 1.1% | 5.1% |
| Bourgoin-Jallieu 30,151 · 6.5 mi | 37.9 | 18% | 1.9% | 17% |
| Crémieu 3,536 · 6.8 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 4.3% | 9.6% |
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 Salagnon
What is the population of Salagnon?
1,508 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (1,228).
How old are Salagnon’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salagnon?
19, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salagnon?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salagnon?
€29,820 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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