A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.5%
The share of households in social housing trails 97% of compared French towns: 1.7%. Across Vatilieu, 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24. The town has fewer households without a car than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.4%. At the 2023 Census Vatilieu was home to 373 people in 170 households.
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.
+1% since 2012: slower than 67% 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
Over those years, the median Isère town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then +2% to 2023.
Vatilieu is older than 84% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vatilieu 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 5.9% of households are single parents
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
One-person households make up 29%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. 28% of households are couples with children, or about one in four.
A higher share of second homes than 81% of compared French towns, at 6.4%
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
In the last two years, 6.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 34% have stayed 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On empty homes, Vatilieu sits lower than 54% of compared French towns: 6.4%.
A median standard of living of €29,410 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 Vatilieu is €29,410 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 29%
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 retired person tops 62% of compared French towns: 35%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%. Put another way, about one in 11: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Vatilieu, 1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 96% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 56%
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
Single residents: 20%, below 93% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Vatilieu, 8.4% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
Graduates of higher education: 39%, above 78% of compared French towns. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 373 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).
Vatilieu and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vatilieu | 50.2 | 28% | 6.4% | 1.6% |
| Vinay 4,438 · 3.2 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.7% |
| Tullins 7,624 · 4.7 mi | 47 | 23% | 1% | 9.9% |
| Renage 3,348 · 6.6 mi | 44 | 21% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs 3,425 · 6.7 mi | 43 | 23% | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| Rives 6,549 · 7.8 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1.7% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Marcellin 7,700 · 8.6 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
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 Vatilieu
What is the population of Vatilieu?
373 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (371).
How old are Vatilieu’s residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vatilieu?
12, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vatilieu?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vatilieu?
€29,410 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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