Presle ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 2.2%
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Presle has 8.2%. 3.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Presle was home to 424 people in 190 households. In Presle, 28% of households are one person living alone.
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 Presle
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 68 second homes and occasional dwellings in Presle, 23% of its 290 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Presle’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 34 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 23% in Presle, more than in 94% 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
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. Empty homes come to 12% in Presle, about one in ten.
A change of −3% since 2012 leaves Presle behind 82% 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
The median Savoie town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −5% and the next six +1%.
Older than 87% of compared French towns: half of Presle is over 51.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Presle 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 62% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 8.7% in Presle. Each household has 2.2 people on average. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €27,110 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,110 a year: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Only 6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Presle
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 manual worker: 11%, below 70% of compared French towns. By contrast, at 37%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 73% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.2% of residents are immigrants, below 80% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.4%), Presle is below 73% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 89% 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
In Presle, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 13% of adults out of school have no qualification in Presle
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 424 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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 Presle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presle | 51.3 | 23% | 23% | 3.2% |
| Valgelon-La Rochette 4,207 · 1.2 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
| Allevard 3,971 · 5.1 mi | 46 | 22% | 29% | 7.5% |
| Montmélian 4,024 · 5.3 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 1.8% | 16% |
| Pontcharra 7,350 · 6 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 1.8% | 8.8% |
| Porte-de-Savoie 3,974 · 7.3 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 5.5% | 4.2% |
| Crêts en Belledonne 3,470 · 7.5 mi | 42.3 | 17% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
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 Presle
What is the population of Presle?
424 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (438).
How old are Presle’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Presle?
68, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Presle?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Presle?
€27,110 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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