4.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 86% of compared French towns
The share of flats trails 84% of compared French towns: 12%. Across Bettant, 10% of homes stand empty. On residents aged 15 to 24, Bettant sits lower than 87% of compared French towns: 8.6%. Its 350 households held 774 residents 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.
A +5% change since 2012: slower than 50% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +13% in Ain.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 67% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bettant 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Bettant’s residents are under 43.1, younger than in 57% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
In Bettant, 8.4% of households are single parents, fewer than in 75% 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
Households average 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 27%, more than in three fifths of compared French towns. One-person households: 34% here and 35% in the typical compared French town.
6% of households have no car, fewer than in 80% 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
Without a car: one household in 17, against 11% in the median compared French town. Here, 2.8% of homes are second homes.
A median standard of living of €28,150 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 Bettant is €28,150 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Only 9.8% of households are headed by a manual worker in Bettant
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
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). On households headed by a retired person, Bettant sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 33%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.6% of Bettant’s residents are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Bettant (5.6%). On foreign nationals, 4.4% here is much the same as 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.
Bettant sits below 61% of compared French towns for married residents (41%)
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
Put another way, about one in four: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 88% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bettant. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 774 to 2,582 people, the 12th youngest
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 Bettant: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettant | 43.1 | 20% | 2.8% | 5.6% |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey 15,934 · 1.2 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Lagnieu 7,411 · 3.2 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Ambronay 2,841 · 4.4 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon 3,849 · 6.5 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Pont-d'Ain 2,843 · 7.6 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 4.1% | 8.7% |
| Meximieux 8,247 · 8.2 mi | 39 | 18% | 2.2% | 7.5% |
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 Bettant
What is the population of Bettant?
774 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (739).
How old are Bettant’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bettant?
11, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bettant?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bettant?
€28,150 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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