Households without a car: 3.1%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
By its share of single-parent households (5.9%), Confrançon is below 96% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,356 people lived here, in 590 households. Households headed by a manual worker account for 19%. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 4.9%, fewer than in 76% 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 Confrançon
A young town
Half of Confrançon’s residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +9% since 2012 puts Confrançon ahead of 66% 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, +7% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +13% in Ain.
Confrançon sits below 95% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (14%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Confrançon 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Confrançon’s residents are under 38.7, younger than in 85% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Here, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 31% in Confrançon, more than in 80% 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
33% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
Flats make up 21% in Confrançon, less than in 67% 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
The share of households in social housing trails 58% of compared French towns: 10%. Just over one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 16% have stayed 30 years or more.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,070 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,070 a year: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 26% in Confrançon, less than in 82% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Confrançon, 3.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 78% 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.
Across Confrançon, 3.5% of residents are foreign nationals. Elsewhere, 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 68% 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
Married residents account for 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 83% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 29% in Confrançon. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,356 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Confrançon is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confrançon | 38.7 | 14% | 2.7% | 3.4% |
| Polliat 2,741 · 3.5 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Vonnas 3,255 · 4.3 mi | 45 | 25% | 2.3% | 7% |
| Attignat 3,409 · 5.2 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
| Montrevel-en-Bresse 2,743 · 5.7 mi | 49.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 6.8 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Viriat 7,102 · 7.6 mi | 43 | 20% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
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 Confrançon
What is the population of Confrançon?
1,356 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,245).
How old are Confrançon’s residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Confrançon?
17, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Confrançon?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 47 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Confrançon?
€27,070 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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