A median age of 61: Sousville is older than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Sousville, 15%. At the 2023 Census Sousville was home to 141 people in 67 households. 4% of homes are flats. Higher than in 86% of compared French towns: 8.3% of homes are second homes.
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 Sousville
An older town
Half of Sousville’s residents are under 61 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 45% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−3% since 2012: slower than 83% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, +1%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Isère town +7%.
45% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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
■ Sousville 61. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.2%, below 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns: 7.7%
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
With one-person households at 31%, Sousville is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. On average, 2.1 people share a household. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
96% of homes are houses
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 6.2% of homes stand empty in Sousville.
Median living standard: €27,460 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.
Living standards centre on €27,460 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 46%, a higher share than 94% 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
Nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 7.7% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sousville sits below 75% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.7%)
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Sousville comes in at 2.2%. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
15% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
Married residents make up 54%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 82% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Sousville. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 141 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Sousville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sousville | 61 | 45% | 8.3% | 3.7% |
| La Mure 4,963 · 0.9 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 5.1% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers 2,699 · 10.2 mi | 43 | 21% | 1.5% | 4% |
| Vizille 7,292 · 11.8 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.4% | 8% |
| Vif 8,530 · 11.9 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Champ-sur-Drac 3,335 · 12.3 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 6.1% |
| Jarrie 3,952 · 14 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 Sousville
What is the population of Sousville?
141 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (146).
How old are Sousville’s residents?
The median age is 61, older than 99% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 45% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sousville?
7, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sousville?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sousville?
€27,460 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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