Villette-d'Anthon ranks above 97% of compared French towns on couples with children: 38%
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Villette-d'Anthon, 2.6%. Households without a car account for 2.8%. Few places have so few empty homes: 3% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. This Isère town had 5,268 residents in 2,010 households at the 2023 census.
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 Villette-d'Anthon
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 8.5% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Villette-d'Anthon outgrew 85% of compared French towns: +16%
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Isère town +7%.
Villette-d'Anthon is younger than 59% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villette-d'Anthon 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Villette-d'Anthon, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Across Villette-d'Anthon, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
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%.
Only 21% of households are one person living alone in Villette-d'Anthon
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
Each household has 2.6 people on average. Few places have so few single-parent households: 8.5% here, fewer than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Villette-d'Anthon ranks above 87% of compared French towns on second homes: 8.9%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.4% (under two years). For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 14% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 80% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €33,200 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.
Half of Villette-d'Anthon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €33,200 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 5.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 19%, a higher share than 87% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (34%), Villette-d'Anthon is above 56% of compared French towns. 8.7% of households are headed by a manual worker. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Villette-d'Anthon, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 76% 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 median compared commune in Isère has 8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Here, 5.6% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Villette-d'Anthon: 54% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% 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
Nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
More graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 40%
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
With adults with no qualification at 14%, Villette-d'Anthon is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 5,210 to 5,322
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 Le Bourget-du-Lac (36.5), the youngest, and Forcalquier (50.8), the oldest.
Older than Villette-d'Anthon: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villette-d'Anthon | 42.8 | 21% | 8.9% | 5.6% |
| Pusignan 4,119 · 3.3 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 1.6% | 8.2% |
| Balan 3,077 · 3.4 mi | 28.6 | 9.5% | 1.3% | 5.1% |
| Jonage 6,144 · 3.4 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 1% | 8.3% |
| Chavanoz 5,126 · 3.4 mi | 37.1 | 14% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Charvieu-Chavagneux 10,547 · 3.7 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.5% | 13% |
| Pont-de-Chéruy 6,302 · 3.8 mi | 33.9 | 15% | 1.1% | 22% |
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 Villette-d'Anthon
What is the population of Villette-d'Anthon?
5,268 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (4,524).
How old are Villette-d'Anthon’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villette-d'Anthon?
200, with occasional dwellings: 8.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villette-d'Anthon?
INSEE counts 300 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villette-d'Anthon?
€33,200 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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