Faramans ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 43%
4.5% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. There were 350 households in Faramans at the 2023 Census, home to 934 residents. Locally, 2.5% of households have no car. On households in social housing, Faramans sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 1.4%.
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 Faramans
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 2.8% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Faramans had 742 residents at the 2012 census and 934 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Faramans’ residents are under 38.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +26% change since 2012: faster than 95% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%. The first five years brought +9%; the six to 2023, +16%.
Faramans is younger than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 38.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Faramans 38.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). What’s more, residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 85% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 18% in Faramans, less than in 99% 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 2.8%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.7 people. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
96% of homes are houses
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
Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. 8.1% of households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more. Faramans has fewer second homes than just over half of compared French towns, at 2%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €30,280 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €30,280 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
In Faramans, 20% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 95% 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Faramans comes in at 14%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. Across Faramans, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2% of residents are immigrants, below 92% 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 share of foreign nationals is 0.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Faramans
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 married residents is 43%; Faramans has 54%. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Faramans, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Faramans has 33%. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 934 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Faramans, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Faramans
What is the population of Faramans?
934 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (742).
How old are Faramans’ residents?
The median age is 38.5, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Faramans?
8, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Faramans?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Faramans?
€30,280 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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