1.5% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Vasselin, 26%. 458 residents in 200 households: that is Vasselin at the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 9.9%. One-person households are rarer here than in 91% 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.
Vasselin changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 79% 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
Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then −3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Isère.
Younger than 69% of compared French towns: half of Vasselin is under 41.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vasselin 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 21% of residents are 65 or over here. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9.2% here, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 76% of compared French towns, at 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
Average household size: 2.3 people. On single-parent households, Vasselin sits higher than 54% of compared French towns: 10%. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Vasselin ranks above 78% of compared French towns on second homes: 5.4%
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. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 11% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. At 7.1%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €26,710 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 €26,710 a year: higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5% in Vasselin, less than in 86% 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
36% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
Here 0.2% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. 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.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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: 46%; in a PACS: 8.6%; against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town, with 6.3% widowed. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Vasselin ranks below 68% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 16%
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
Graduates of higher education: 31% of the total. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 458 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Vasselin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vasselin | 41.5 | 21% | 5.4% | 0.9% |
| Dolomieu 3,173 · 1.9 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 4.5% | 3.1% |
| Morestel 4,340 · 3.5 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1.3% | 7.6% |
| La Tour-du-Pin 8,111 · 4.2 mi | 42 | 22% | 1.7% | 17% |
| Saint-Chef 3,921 · 4.3 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 2.1% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour 3,628 · 4.4 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
| Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin 7,698 · 5.1 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 5.3% | 5.6% |
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 Vasselin
What is the population of Vasselin?
458 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (469).
How old are Vasselin’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vasselin?
12, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vasselin?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vasselin?
€26,710 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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