Photo: Klem05 · CC BY-SA 3.0Below 91% of compared French towns: 6.9% of households are single parents
Nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. With a median age of 45.6, Vinay is older than three fifths of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 4,438 residents in the town, living in 1,990 households. Here, 9.3% of homes stand empty.
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.
A +11% change since 2012: faster than 74% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Isère town, the change came in two steps: +7% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 73% of compared French towns: 9.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vinay 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Vinay, 23% of residents are 65 or over. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 56% of compared French towns: 26%
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 36%, more than in 55% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
42% of homes are flats, a share 66% of compared French towns don’t reach
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, 13% of households moved in; at the other end, 17% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have so few households in social housing: 11% here, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of second homes here, 2.1%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €25,330 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.
Living standards centre on €25,330 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 11.0% of residents.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 66% of compared French towns, at 7.2%
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
More households headed by a retired person than in 52% of compared French towns: 33%. 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).
Vinay: 6.7% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals account for 4.1%. That is higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Isère has 8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 22% 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 residents: 45% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
A quarter of Vinay’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 24% have no diploma (19%).
Of 41 French towns its size (4,396 to 4,484 people), the 20th oldest
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 Guignes (35.7), the oldest Valras-Plage (67).
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Vinay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinay | 45.6 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Marcellin 7,700 · 6 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors 2,936 · 7 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 53% | 2.6% |
| Tullins 7,624 · 7.3 mi | 47 | 23% | 1% | 9.9% |
| Chatte 2,518 · 7.8 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs 3,425 · 9.4 mi | 43 | 23% | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| Renage 3,348 · 9.5 mi | 44 | 21% | 1.5% | 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 Vinay
What is the population of Vinay?
4,438 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (3,987).
How old are Vinay’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vinay?
48, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vinay?
INSEE counts 300 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 180 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vinay?
€25,330 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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