Bénonces sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (1.5%)
Flats: 4.3% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. There were 130 households in Bénonces at the 2023 Census, home to 311 residents. Households headed by a manual worker: nearly a fifth of the total. 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 97% 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.
What stands out about the people of Bénonces
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bénonces, 20% of its 190 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 ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 7.7% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 20% of its homes
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that one in ten homes stand empty in Bénonces.
Bénonces grew +12% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 75% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ain town +13%. The change was +8% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 57% of compared French towns: half of Bénonces is over 45.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bénonces 45.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21%, below 58% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
About 69 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Bénonces sits above 91% of compared French towns for couples with children (34%)
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
By its share of single-parent households (7.7%), Bénonces is below 83% of compared French towns. One-person households are rarer here than in 52% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
Median standard of living: €25,760 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 Bénonces is €25,760 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
In Bénonces, 42% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 89% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 77% of compared French towns, at 3.5%
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.
About one in 21: that is how common foreign nationals are in Bénonces (4.8%). Against that, 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.
Bénonces sits above 82% of compared French towns for single residents (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
Locally, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 84% 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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 29%. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 311 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Bénonces: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bénonces | 45.1 | 21% | 20% | 3.5% |
| Montalieu-Vercieu 3,510 · 3.7 mi | 38.3 | 16% | 4.1% | 5% |
| Lagnieu 7,411 · 8.2 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Morestel 4,340 · 10.3 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1.3% | 7.6% |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey 15,934 · 10.9 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Belley 9,388 · 11.3 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 3% | 13% |
| Plateau d'Hauteville 4,857 · 11.4 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 11% | 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 Bénonces
What is the population of Bénonces?
311 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (277).
How old are Bénonces’ residents?
The median age is 45.1, older than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bénonces?
37, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bénonces?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bénonces?
€25,760 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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