45% of homes are second homes, more than in 97% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Jarrier, 7.3%. This Savoie town had 506 residents in 240 households at the 2023 census. Here, 3.4% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Savoie 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 Jarrier
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Jarrier, 45% of its 490 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Jarrier’s residents are under 52.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Jarrier, 13% of homes are flats, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns
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
Jarrier sits close to the norm on empty homes: 5.8%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 6.3% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more.
Jarrier grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 54% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Savoie town +9%.
A median age of 52.3: Jarrier is older than 90% 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
■ Jarrier 52.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 29% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Jarrier sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (4.2%)
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 Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
31% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people.
A typical living standard of €29,340 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 residents live in households above €29,340 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 44%, a higher share than 91% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional account for 8.3%. 15% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 91% of compared French towns, at 1.2%
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.
3% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 82% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Savoie has 7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
The figure for married residents is 54% in Jarrier and 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 10%, a lower share than 96% 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: 35% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 506 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Jarrier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrier | 52.3 | 29% | 45% | 3% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne 7,524 · 1.7 mi | 50 | 29% | 4.1% | 15% |
| Les Belleville 3,498 · 11.7 mi | 42.4 | 15% | 88% | 7.2% |
| Allevard 3,971 · 14.1 mi | 46 | 22% | 29% | 7.5% |
| Crêts en Belledonne 3,470 · 14.7 mi | 42.3 | 17% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Valgelon-La Rochette 4,207 · 15.7 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
| Moûtiers 3,487 · 17.6 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 10% | 23% |
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 Jarrier
What is the population of Jarrier?
506 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (479).
How old are Jarrier’s residents?
The median age is 52.3, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jarrier?
220, with occasional dwellings: 45% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jarrier?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jarrier?
€29,340 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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