In Arbigny, 38% of households are couples with children, more than in 97% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Arbigny has 0.9%. About one in 63: that is how common households in social housing are in Arbigny (1.6%). Lower than in 96% of compared French towns: 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24. The town counted 462 residents and 190 households 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 Arbigny
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 2.7% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +12% since 2012 puts Arbigny ahead of 74% 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
Over those years, the median Ain town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%.
Arbigny is younger than 55% of compared French towns: a median age of 43.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arbigny 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in five: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Few places have so few one-person households: 25% here, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
Arbigny ranks above 85% of compared French towns on second homes: 7.9%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 4.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 21%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 5.7% of households have no car, a lower share than in 82% of compared French towns. Car-free households: one in 17, where the median compared French town has 11%.
A median of €26,320 a year per consumption unit
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 Arbigny’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,320 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
2.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 99% 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, just over two in five households are headed by a retired person in Arbigny. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. 25% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.3% of residents are immigrants, below 79% 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: 2.4%, below 73% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Arbigny, 58% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
Here 17% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 20% in Arbigny. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Arbigny is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbigny | 43.3 | 22% | 7.9% | 3.3% |
| Tournus 5,701 · 7 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 9.9 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 10.1 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Montrevel-en-Bresse 2,743 · 12.1 mi | 49.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| Replonges 3,956 · 12.2 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 12.5 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
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 Arbigny
What is the population of Arbigny?
462 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (414).
How old are Arbigny’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arbigny?
18, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arbigny?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arbigny?
€26,320 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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