A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 5.2%
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 50% in Corlier. At the 2023 Census Corlier was home to 116 people in 49 households. Flats account for 12%. On couples with children, Corlier sits higher than 75% of compared French towns: 30%.
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 Corlier
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Corlier, 22% of its 67 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 80% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 22% of homes are second homes
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
8.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.1% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 22%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower growth than 80% of compared French towns: Corlier changed by −3% since 2012
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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ain town +13%. The change was −4% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023.
17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 85% 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
■ Corlier 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 47.5, Corlier is older than 72% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 74 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 77% of compared French towns, at 30%
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 here average 2.4 people each. 10% of households are single parents, fewer than in 50% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,890 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.
Living standards centre on €24,890 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
In Corlier, 30% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7% of Corlier’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 higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 29 here (3.5%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Corlier
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
47% 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%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 76% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Corlier has 14%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 116 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.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Corlier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corlier | 47.5 | 17% | 22% | 7% |
| Plateau d'Hauteville 4,857 · 6.7 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 11% | 7% |
| Ambronay 2,841 · 7.2 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Pont-d'Ain 2,843 · 7.6 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 4.1% | 8.7% |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey 15,934 · 8.6 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Nantua 3,416 · 9.9 mi | 42.3 | 23% | 3.6% | 27% |
| Montréal-la-Cluse 3,568 · 11.1 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 2.2% | 23% |
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 Corlier
What is the population of Corlier?
116 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (119).
How old are Corlier’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Corlier?
14, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Corlier?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Corlier?
€24,890 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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