Households without a car: 3.5%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
With households in social housing at 4.5%, Ambutrix is behind 88% of compared French towns on that count. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 8.7% here, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns. The town counted 760 residents and 330 households at the 2023 Census. About one in four: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Ambutrix (26%).
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 Ambutrix
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 8.9% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Ambutrix has changed by +3%, slower than 58% 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 +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
Only 17% of residents are 65 or over in Ambutrix
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ambutrix 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.4, Ambutrix is younger than 55% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
In Ambutrix, 33% of households are couples with children, more 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
The average household has 2.3 people. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. At 31%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 72% of compared French towns. Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are single parents in Ambutrix.
Fewer flats than 88% of compared French towns: 9.2%
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 6.6% (under two years). 3.2% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 64% of compared French towns. At 5.9%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €28,240 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 Ambutrix’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,240 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Ambutrix ranks above 72% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 14%
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 30% in Ambutrix and 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.4% in Ambutrix, less than in 78% 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.
Foreign nationals: 2% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
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 92% of compared French towns: 20%
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
On married residents, Ambutrix sits higher than 54% of compared French towns: 43%. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Ambutrix sits below 82% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (13%)
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
Here a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 13th youngest of 41 French towns of 760 to 2,582 people
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 Ambutrix
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambutrix | 43.4 | 17% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey 15,934 · 1.6 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Lagnieu 7,411 · 2.7 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Ambronay 2,841 · 4.7 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon 3,849 · 5.3 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Meximieux 8,247 · 7.1 mi | 39 | 18% | 2.2% | 7.5% |
| Pont-d'Ain 2,843 · 7.9 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 4.1% | 8.7% |
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 Ambutrix
What is the population of Ambutrix?
760 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (739).
How old are Ambutrix’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ambutrix?
12, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ambutrix?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ambutrix?
€28,240 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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