Fewer households without a car than 93% of compared French towns: 4.2%
By its share of couples with children (31%), Attignat is above four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 3,409 residents in 1,460 households. Here, 24% of households are headed by a retired person. 20% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 68% of compared French towns.
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.
Since 2012, Attignat has grown +10%, faster than 68% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ain town +13%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, +6%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 68% 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
■ Attignat 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Attignat is 42.1, lower than in 65% of compared French towns. Locally, 9.8% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
7.1% of households are single parents, fewer 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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Lower than in three quarters of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Only 9.1% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Attignat
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 5.4% of homes stand empty in Attignat. Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 19%. On second homes, Attignat sits lower than 75% of compared French towns: 1.2%. In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM).
A median of €27,540 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 Attignat’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,540 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 66% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 7.0% of the population.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
7.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 76% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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.
In Attignat, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants 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.
Attignat: 48% of residents 15 and over are married, above 84% 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
23% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Attignat ranks below 70% 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
Put another way, about one in three: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
13th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 3,381 to 3,435
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 Porcheville (37.3), the oldest Sainte-Marie-de-Ré (58.5).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Attignat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attignat | 42.1 | 19% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
| Polliat 2,741 · 2.9 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Viriat 7,102 · 3.8 mi | 43 | 20% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
| Montrevel-en-Bresse 2,743 · 3.9 mi | 49.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg 6,160 · 5.9 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Bois 2,584 · 6 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Bourg-en-Bresse 42,372 · 6.4 mi | 41.4 | 23% | 2.5% | 19% |
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 Attignat
What is the population of Attignat?
3,409 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (3,110).
How old are Attignat’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Attignat?
18, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Attignat?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 62 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Attignat?
€27,540 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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