Couples with children make up 34% in Beynost, more than in 91% of compared French towns
Residents aged 65 and over: 17% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: nearly a quarter of the total. At 5.6%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Beynost had 5,198 residents in 2,110 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 Beynost
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Beynost outgrew 81% of compared French towns: +15%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +13% in Ain.
Half of Beynost is under 40.1, younger than 79% 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
■ Beynost 40.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% in Beynost, about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 86% 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
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 10%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Beynost ranks below 76% of compared French towns on second homes: 1.1%
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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Beynost has 27%. Across Beynost, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM). This Ain town has fewer empty homes than 51% of compared French towns, at 6.6%. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
A typical living standard of €32,010 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 Beynost’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €32,010 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 8.0%.
26% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 80% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (11%), Beynost is below 71% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 32% 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).
Immigrants: 9.5%, a higher share than 68% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Beynost, 5.9%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
A larger share of married residents than 83% of compared French towns: 48%
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
With single residents at 24%, Beynost is behind 62% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 46% in Beynost, more than in 89% 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
Here 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 6th 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 Brou-sur-Chantereine (34.1), the oldest Scaër (51).
Beynost is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Beynost
What is the population of Beynost?
5,198 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (4,528).
How old are Beynost’s residents?
The median age is 40.1, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beynost?
25, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beynost?
INSEE counts 490 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.5% of residents, and 300 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beynost?
€32,010 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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