Photo: Dada · CC BY-SA 3.0A higher share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 21%
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Divonne-les-Bains comes in at 70%. The census found that just over a quarter of households are headed by a manager or professional in the town. 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. There were 4,770 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 10,464 residents.
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 Divonne-les-Bains
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 1,400 second homes and occasional dwellings in Divonne-les-Bains, 21% of its 6,790 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 22% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 2,400 immigrants in Divonne-les-Bains (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 23% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Ain. 18% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Many graduates
56% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 32% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Growing fast
Divonne-les-Bains had 8,615 residents at the 2012 census and 10,464 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Divonne-les-Bains, 6.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 77% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Divonne-les-Bains has 9.2%. As a yardstick, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
+21% since 2012, a pace 92% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +12%, and from 2017 to 2023 +9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 17% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Divonne-les-Bains 41. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Divonne-les-Bains is 41, lower than in 73% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 62% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are couples with children in Divonne-les-Bains. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
At the median, €52,680 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €52,680 a year: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Households headed by a manual worker: 6.1%, a lower share than 94% 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
Nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 23% in Divonne-les-Bains, more than in 95% 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.
The median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 95% of compared French towns. Here, 18% of residents are foreign nationals. Measured more widely, 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.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 48% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Single residents make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Divonne-les-Bains sits above 96% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (56%)
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
9.8% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th youngest of 41 French towns of 10,314 to 10,617 people
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 Serris (33.5), the oldest La Londe-les-Maures (59.6).
No nearby town is as old as Divonne-les-Bains
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divonne-les-Bains | 41 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| Gex 13,627 · 4 mi | 35 | 10% | 6.2% | 23% |
| Cessy 5,832 · 4.1 mi | 36.9 | 10% | 4.4% | 22% |
| Ségny 2,941 · 5.2 mi | 34.8 | 11% | 4.7% | 30% |
| Ornex 5,082 · 6 mi | 37.9 | 12% | 4.8% | 38% |
| Chens-sur-Léman 3,068 · 6.8 mi | 37.6 | 11% | 15% | 29% |
| Ferney-Voltaire 12,094 · 7.2 mi | 36.7 | 12% | 17% | 46% |
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 Divonne-les-Bains
What is the population of Divonne-les-Bains?
10,464 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (8,615).
How old are Divonne-les-Bains’ residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Divonne-les-Bains?
1,400, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Divonne-les-Bains?
INSEE counts 2,390 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 23% of residents, and 1,860 foreign nationals (18%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Divonne-les-Bains?
€52,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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