Couples with children make up 37% in Bressolles, more than in 96% of compared French towns
17% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. At the 2023 Census Bressolles was home to 1,028 people in 410 households. In Bressolles, 3% of households have no car. This Ain town has fewer flats than 87% of compared French towns, at 10%.
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 Bressolles
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 9.4% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Bressolles had 777 residents at the 2012 census and 1,028 in 2023, up 32%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +32% since 2012, faster than 97% 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 Ain town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +17% and the next six +13%.
Half of Bressolles is under 40.6, younger than 76% 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
■ Bressolles 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Bressolles, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 22% of households are one person living alone in Bressolles
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. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Lower than in three fifths of compared French towns: 9.4% of households are single parents.
Households in social housing make up 3.1% in Bressolles, less than in 94% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 18% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.9% (under two years). At 4.5%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 82% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 2.2%.
Half above, half below €32,350 a year in standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €32,350 a year: higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 84% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Bressolles, 9.4%. On the census count, 31% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 78% 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.
In Bressolles, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bressolles ranks below 92% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 91% 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, 46% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bressolles. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,028 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than Bressolles: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
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 Bressolles
What is the population of Bressolles?
1,028 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% more than in 2012 (777).
How old are Bressolles’ residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bressolles?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bressolles?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bressolles?
€32,350 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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