A median age of 53.8: Ambléon is older than 92% of compared French towns
The share of households without a car trails 97% of compared French towns: 3.5%. The census found that 18% of households are single parents in Ambléon. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Its 58 households held 115 residents at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Ambléon
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ambléon, 11% of its 72 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 88% 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 Ambléon’s residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of households in social housing than 97% of compared French towns, at 1.8%
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 Ambléon, 4.2% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over one in ten homes are second homes here. 8.5% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 68% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 51% of compared French towns grew faster than Ambléon: +5%
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 change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7% in Ambléon, less than in 97% 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
■ Ambléon 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 28%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 27% in Ambléon, less than in 88% of compared French towns
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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
18% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
18% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 97% 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 manual worker make up 45%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person 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 immigrants than 78% of compared French towns, at 3.5%
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.
About one in 29: that is how common foreign nationals are in Ambléon (3.5%). For immigrants, the comparison 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.
Single residents: 19%, a lower share than 94% 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
49% are married and 8.7% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 2.9% are widowed. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Ambléon ranks below 54% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 29%
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
In Ambléon, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (115 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Ambléon is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambléon | 53.8 | 28% | 11% | 3.5% |
| Belley 9,388 · 4.2 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 3% | 13% |
| Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin 7,698 · 8.2 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 5.3% | 5.6% |
| Morestel 4,340 · 8.2 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1.3% | 7.6% |
| Yenne 3,026 · 8.5 mi | 44.3 | 25% | 5.1% | 4.9% |
| Montalieu-Vercieu 3,510 · 10.5 mi | 38.3 | 16% | 4.1% | 5% |
| Saint-Genix-les-Villages 3,095 · 10.6 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 6.5% | 4.4% |
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 Ambléon
What is the population of Ambléon?
115 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (110).
How old are Ambléon’s residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ambléon?
8, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ambléon?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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