Half of Valjouffrey is over 66.1, older than 99% of compared French towns
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 2.3% of homes are flats in Valjouffrey. This Isère town had 167 residents in 94 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put couples with children at 11% here. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 5.3%, fewer than in 86% 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 Valjouffrey
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 190 second homes and occasional dwellings in Valjouffrey, 64% of its 310 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Valjouffrey’s residents are under 66.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 52% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 64% in Valjouffrey, more than in 99% 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
In the last two years, 11% of households moved in; at the other end, 27% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have so few empty homes: 5.6% here, fewer than in 66% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
A growing town: +7% since 2012, faster than 59% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Isère town, the change came in two steps: −13% from 2012 to 2017, then +24% to 2023.
52% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Valjouffrey 66.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 3.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 77% of compared French towns: 42%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. The typical household size is 1.8 people.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,700 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,700 a year: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Valjouffrey: 58% of households are headed by a retired person, above 99% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 5.3% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Add to that, households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 83% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.6% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Isère has 8%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 28: that is how common immigrants are in Valjouffrey (3.6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Valjouffrey sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (65%)
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 the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Valjouffrey has 15%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Valjouffrey sits below 78% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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
In Valjouffrey, nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 167 to 2,582 people
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Valjouffrey (66.1), the oldest.
Valjouffrey is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valjouffrey | 66.1 | 52% | 64% | 3.6% |
| La Mure 4,963 · 12.3 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 5.1% | 8.2% |
| Le Bourg-d'Oisans 2,617 · 13.2 mi | 52.4 | 28% | 32% | 5.4% |
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 Valjouffrey
What is the population of Valjouffrey?
167 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (156).
How old are Valjouffrey’s residents?
The median age is 66.1, older than 99% of compared French towns. 6% are under 18 and 52% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valjouffrey?
190, with occasional dwellings: 64% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valjouffrey?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valjouffrey?
€25,700 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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