A larger share of couples with children than 95% of compared French towns: 36%
1.8% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Flats account for 2.4%. On residents aged 65 and over, Vernas sits lower than 93% of compared French towns: 14%. There were 110 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 268 residents.
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 Vernas
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Vernas outgrew 60% of compared French towns: +7%
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
Younger than 77% of compared French towns: half of Vernas is under 40.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vernas 40.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Vernas sits below 88% of compared French towns for one-person households (27%)
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 make up 9.1%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
Vernas ranks above 79% of compared French towns on second homes: 5.7%
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 comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 5.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 19% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 5.7% of homes stand empty in Vernas.
The median resident lives on €28,230 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,230 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
23% of households are headed by a retired person, below 90% 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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. On the census count, 9.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 82% of compared French towns: 3%
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 median compared commune in Isère has 8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Vernas, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Vernas: 51% of residents 15 and over are married, above 95% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 61% of compared French towns: 27%
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 Vernas, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 268 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Vernas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernas | 40.3 | 14% | 5.7% | 3% |
| Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas 3,417 · 3.4 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
| Loyettes 3,554 · 3.5 mi | 37.5 | 15% | 1.8% | 7.3% |
| Crémieu 3,536 · 4 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 4.3% | 9.6% |
| Chavanoz 5,126 · 4.9 mi | 37.1 | 14% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans 2,903 · 5.3 mi | 41.6 | 16% | 3.7% | 2.8% |
| Tignieu-Jameyzieu 8,031 · 5.4 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 1.4% | 10% |
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 Vernas
What is the population of Vernas?
268 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (250).
How old are Vernas’ residents?
The median age is 40.3, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vernas?
7, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vernas?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vernas?
€28,230 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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