Only 12% of residents are 65 or over in Farges
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 4.3% of households have no car here. There were 460 households in Farges at the 2023 Census, home to 1,082 residents. Across Farges, nearly a fifth of households are headed by a retired person. 31% of households are couples with children, more than in 80% 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 Farges
Immigrants
INSEE counts 300 immigrants in Farges (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 28% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Ain. 23% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Growing fast
Farges had 919 residents at the 2012 census and 1,082 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +18% change since 2012: faster than 87% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +13%, then +4% to 2023.
Half of Farges is under 39.1, younger than 84% 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
■ Farges 39.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: a tenth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Farges: 14% of households are single parents, above 91% 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
Average household size: 2.4 people. 31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town.
In Farges, 5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 86% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 15%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 16%. Second homes are more common here than in 77% of compared French towns. Typically, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Flats: 19%, below 70% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €41,680 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.
At €41,680 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 72% of compared French towns: 17%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 13%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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).
28% of residents are immigrants, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Foreign nationals: 23% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Farges ranks above 86% of compared French towns on married residents: 49%
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
Few places have so few single residents: 25% here, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 10% in Farges, less than in 95% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 40%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 1,082 to 2,582 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Farges and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farges | 39.1 | 12% | 5.1% | 28% |
| Péron 2,916 · 1.7 mi | 37.1 | 10% | 6.5% | 25% |
| Valleiry 5,264 · 4.9 mi | 36.8 | 11% | 5.2% | 26% |
| Valserhône 16,712 · 5.9 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 2.9% | 21% |
| Thoiry 6,569 · 5.9 mi | 39 | 13% | 6.1% | 34% |
| Viry 5,809 · 7 mi | 35.9 | 12% | 6.4% | 26% |
| Saint-Genis-Pouilly 14,432 · 8.1 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 Farges
What is the population of Farges?
1,082 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (919).
How old are Farges’ residents?
The median age is 39.1, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Farges?
26, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Farges?
INSEE counts 300 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 28% of residents, and 250 foreign nationals (23%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Farges?
€41,680 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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