In Veyssilieu, 2.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for flats is 4.3% in Veyssilieu and 30% in the typical compared French town. The town had 328 residents in 140 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 3% of homes stand empty in the town. Fewer one-person households than in 90% of compared French towns: 27%.
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 Veyssilieu
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Veyssilieu, 16% of its 170 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 85% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 16% of homes are second homes
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. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7.4% of households moved in less than two years ago; 20% have been in their home 30 years or more.
From 2012 to 2023, Veyssilieu outgrew 81% of compared French towns: +15%
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +17%, then −2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Isère town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
In Veyssilieu, 18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 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
■ Veyssilieu 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. At the same time, with a median age of 45, Veyssilieu is older than 57% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 69% of compared French towns: 29% of households are couples with children
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
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Veyssilieu, 11%. Households average 2.4 people. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A typical living standard of €31,370 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 midpoint of living standards here is €31,370 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 89% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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
Households headed by a retired person: 34%, above 59% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Veyssilieu ranks below 90% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.2%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Veyssilieu has 1.2%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 76% of compared French towns, at 22%
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 residents: 46%, above 70% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 90% of compared French towns: 12%
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
41% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 20th youngest of 41 French towns of 328 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Veyssilieu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veyssilieu | 45 | 18% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Crémieu 3,536 · 3.2 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 4.3% | 9.6% |
| L'Isle-d'Abeau 17,515 · 4.4 mi | 33.3 | 8.9% | 0.6% | 12% |
| Tignieu-Jameyzieu 8,031 · 4.6 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 1.4% | 10% |
| Satolas-et-Bonce 2,532 · 4.8 mi | 39.7 | 14% | 1% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas 3,417 · 5.1 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
| La Verpillière 7,786 · 5.2 mi | 37.7 | 17% | 1.2% | 15% |
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 Veyssilieu
What is the population of Veyssilieu?
328 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (286).
How old are Veyssilieu’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Veyssilieu?
26, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Veyssilieu?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Veyssilieu?
€31,370 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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