Béréziat sits above 94% of compared French towns for couples with children (36%)
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.4% of households have no car in Béréziat. The town’s 190 households held 475 residents at the 2023 Census. In Béréziat, 16% of residents are 65 or over. Flats are rarer here than in 84% 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 Béréziat
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 5.3% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 59% of compared French towns: Béréziat changed by +3% 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
Over those years, the median Ain town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then −4% to 2023.
A median age of 42.6: Béréziat is younger than 61% 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
■ Béréziat 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Béréziat has 10%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Béréziat ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 5.3%
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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 26% of households are one person living alone in Béréziat. The average household has 2.5 people. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
In Béréziat, 9.6% of homes stand empty, more than in 77% of compared French towns
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. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes stands at 4.6%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,710 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.
Half of Béréziat’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,710 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 94% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Béréziat comes in at 7.9%. Lower than in 73% of compared French towns: 28% of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Béréziat sits below 97% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (0.8%)
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.
The share of immigrants trails 87% of compared French towns: 2.5%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Fewer single residents than 97% of compared French towns: 19%
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
The share of married residents tops 92% of compared French towns: 50%. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Béréziat ranks below 82% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 21%
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
16% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 475 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Béréziat, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Béréziat | 42.6 | 16% | 4.6% | 2.5% |
| Montrevel-en-Bresse 2,743 · 4.4 mi | 49.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 4.8 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 7.5 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Attignat 3,409 · 8.2 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
| Replonges 3,956 · 8.9 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Polliat 2,741 · 9.2 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
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 Béréziat
What is the population of Béréziat?
475 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (463).
How old are Béréziat’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Béréziat?
10, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Béréziat?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Béréziat?
€26,710 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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