Above 93% of compared French towns: 21% of homes are second homes
Flats: 7.2% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 331 residents in 160 households. For Aranc, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.6%. More households headed by a retired person than in 91% of compared French towns: 44%.
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 Aranc
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aranc, 21% of its 220 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 88% of compared French towns: 5%
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
The share of households in social housing trails 86% of compared French towns: 5%. Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%. 6.8% of homes stand empty, more than in 50% of compared French towns. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Faster growth than 57% of compared French towns: Aranc changed by +6% since 2012
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 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
Half of Aranc is over 49.1, older than 79% 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
■ Aranc 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Aranc has 25%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
6.3% of households are single parents, below 95% 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
Average household size: 2.1 people. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 41%, more than in 72% of compared French towns. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. At 25%, the share of couples with children is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,230 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.
The median standard of living in Aranc is €27,230 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
Only 6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Aranc
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
Here just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. By way of comparison, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 85% of compared French towns: 2.7%
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 make up 1.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 19% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 40% in Aranc. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Aranc, 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 65% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 331 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Aranc, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aranc | 49.1 | 25% | 21% | 2.7% |
| Plateau d'Hauteville 4,857 · 5.2 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 11% | 7% |
| Ambronay 2,841 · 7.5 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey 15,934 · 8.1 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Pont-d'Ain 2,843 · 8.6 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 4.1% | 8.7% |
| Lagnieu 7,411 · 10.7 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Nantua 3,416 · 11.4 mi | 42.3 | 23% | 3.6% | 27% |
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 Aranc
What is the population of Aranc?
331 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (311).
How old are Aranc’s residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 79% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aranc?
46, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aranc?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aranc?
€27,230 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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