A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.4%
By its share of households in social housing (2.7%), Arandas is below 95% of compared French towns. The census found that 53% of households are headed by a retired person here. Few places have as many one-person households: 47% here, more than in 88% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Arandas was home to 138 people in 73 households.
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 Arandas
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arandas, 28% of its 120 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Arandas had 160 residents at the 2012 census and 138 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Arandas’ residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Arandas sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (28%)
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
By its share of empty homes (9.4%), Arandas is above 75% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Flats make up about one in 59 here (1.7%).
A change of −14% since 2012 leaves Arandas behind 99% 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 −10%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
A median age of 53: Arandas is older than 91% 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
■ Arandas 53. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, above 78% of compared French towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 12% in Arandas.
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
About 68 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 74% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 1.9 people in the average household.
A typical living standard of €25,070 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 €25,070 a year: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Arandas has 6.7%. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker 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 2.9% in Arandas, less than in 83% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Arandas comes in at 1.4%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of single residents than 81% of compared French towns, at 31%
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 44% in Arandas. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Arandas ranks below 76% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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: 27% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 138 to 2,582
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Arandas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arandas | 53 | 28% | 28% | 2.9% |
| Lagnieu 7,411 · 6.8 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Montalieu-Vercieu 3,510 · 6.9 mi | 38.3 | 16% | 4.1% | 5% |
| Plateau d'Hauteville 4,857 · 7.6 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 11% | 7% |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey 15,934 · 7.7 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Ambronay 2,841 · 9.8 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon 3,849 · 12.5 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
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 Arandas
What is the population of Arandas?
138 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (160).
How old are Arandas’ residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arandas?
33, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arandas?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arandas?
€25,070 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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