Photo: Frachet · CC BY-SA 3.044% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
4.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. There were 1,110 households in Valencin at the 2023 Census, home to 2,878 residents. Locally, 24% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 14% here, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns.
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 Valencin
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 6.8% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +10% change since 2012: Valencin grew faster than 68% 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 change was +7% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 40.1: Valencin is younger than 79% 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
■ Valencin 40.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Valencin sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
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
The share of single-parent households trails 92% of compared French towns: 6.8%. On average, 2.6 people share a household. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 3.5% of households have no car
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
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Valencin, 0.9%. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Census figures put flats at 17% in the town. 6% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 60% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €31,340 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 Valencin is €31,340 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. Some 4.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 87% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Valencin has 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).
Immigrants: 2.8%, a lower share than 84% 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.
With foreign nationals at 1.7%, Valencin is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 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.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 52% of residents 15 and over are married
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 Valencin, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Valencin, less than in 87% 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
Two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,851 to 2,907 people: this is the 3rd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Charquemont (37.9), the youngest, and Batz-sur-Mer (60.3), the oldest.
Valencin is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valencin | 40.1 | 14% | 0.9% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Just-Chaleyssin 2,695 · 1.9 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 1.5% | 2.9% |
| Heyrieux 4,956 · 2.3 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu 4,616 · 2.4 mi | 44.7 | 19% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Diémoz 2,947 · 3.7 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 1% | 4% |
| Toussieu 3,177 · 3.7 mi | 40.8 | 16% | 0.6% | 4% |
| Chaponnay 4,548 · 4.4 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 2.7% | 4.3% |
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 Valencin
What is the population of Valencin?
2,878 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (2,628).
How old are Valencin’s residents?
The median age is 40.1, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valencin?
11, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valencin?
INSEE counts 80 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valencin?
€31,340 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 4.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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