Couples with children make up 41% in Échenevex, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Half of Échenevex’s residents are under 37.9, younger than in 88% of compared French towns. The town had 2,328 residents in 900 households at the 2023 census. Here, 2.3% of households have no car. In Échenevex, a third of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
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 Échenevex
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 7.9% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 600 immigrants in Échenevex (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 26% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Ain. 22% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Growing fast
Échenevex had 1,813 residents at the 2012 census and 2,328 in 2023, up 28%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
59% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 32% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Échenevex has grown +28%, faster than 96% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +18%, and from 2017 to 2023 +9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
12% of residents are 65 or over, below 98% 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
■ Échenevex 37.9. The median compared French town: 44.
8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
Échenevex ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 20%
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
On average, 2.6 people share a household. Few places have so few single-parent households: 7.9% here, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A town of second homes: 6.3% of its 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 15% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 13%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 5.9% here, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Échenevex has 5%.
€54,700 a year: the median 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 €54,700 a year: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 8.0%.
In Échenevex, 22% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 91% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (7.4%), Échenevex is below 90% of compared French towns. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 26%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are foreign nationals in Échenevex. The median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 97% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 52% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Échenevex comes in at 19%. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Échenevex sits above 97% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (59%)
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 6.5% in Échenevex and 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,328 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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, 1 are older than Échenevex
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Échenevex | 37.9 | 12% | 6.3% | 26% |
| Cessy 5,832 · 1.7 mi | 36.9 | 10% | 4.4% | 22% |
| Ségny 2,941 · 1.9 mi | 34.8 | 11% | 4.7% | 30% |
| Gex 13,627 · 2 mi | 35 | 10% | 6.2% | 23% |
| Ornex 5,082 · 3.4 mi | 37.9 | 12% | 4.8% | 38% |
| Prévessin-Moëns 9,153 · 4.1 mi | 36.5 | 10% | 11% | 37% |
| Saint-Genis-Pouilly 14,432 · 4.2 mi | 33.9 | 9% | 6.2% | 41% |
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 Échenevex
What is the population of Échenevex?
2,328 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 28% more than in 2012 (1,813).
How old are Échenevex’s residents?
The median age is 37.9, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Échenevex?
64, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Échenevex?
INSEE counts 610 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 26% of residents, and 500 foreign nationals (22%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Échenevex?
€54,700 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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