Buellas sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (1.9%)
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 3.6% in Buellas. One-person households: 28% of the total. Few places have so few flats: 15% here, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 1,899 residents in 820 households.
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.
Buellas grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 72% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then +7% to 2023. Over those years, the median Ain town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of compared French towns: 8.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Buellas 44. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over. The median age in Buellas is 44, lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
In Buellas, 29% of households are couples with children, more than in 73% 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
The share of single-parent households is 8.4%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Buellas 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%. On households in social housing, Buellas sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 13%. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €29,690 a year to live on
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 midpoint of living standards here is €29,690 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 82% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 29%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 78% of compared French towns: 3.4% of 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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 84% of compared French towns: 1.7%. Typically, 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.
Buellas: 51% of residents 15 and over are married, above 93% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Buellas has 20%. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 95% of compared French towns, at 10%
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
41% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,899 to 2,582 people), the 16th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Buellas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buellas | 44 | 22% | 1.1% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg 6,160 · 2.5 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Polliat 2,741 · 3.1 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Péronnas 6,444 · 3.4 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.7% | 8.6% |
| Bourg-en-Bresse 42,372 · 4 mi | 41.4 | 23% | 2.5% | 19% |
| Viriat 7,102 · 4.4 mi | 43 | 20% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
| Attignat 3,409 · 5.6 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
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 Buellas
What is the population of Buellas?
1,899 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,714).
How old are Buellas’ residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Buellas?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Buellas?
INSEE counts 65 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Buellas?
€29,690 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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