Households without a car: 4.8%, a lower share than 89% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Feillens comes in at 22%. Fewer flats than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 16%. At the 2023 Census, 3,411 people lived here, in 1,510 households. Across Feillens, 7.1% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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.
A +8% change since 2012: Feillens grew faster than 64% 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
The median Ain town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +5% and the next six +4%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 71% of compared French towns, at 9.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Feillens 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Feillens has 24%. With a median age of 43.9, Feillens is younger than just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 31% of households are one person living alone in Feillens
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 average household has 2.2 people. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. More single-parent households than in 57% of compared French towns: 10%. With couples with children at 26%, Feillens is ahead of 54% of compared French towns on that count.
84% 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
Turnover: one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more. On second homes, Feillens sits lower than just over two thirds of compared French towns: 1.3%. At 6.8%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,670 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,670 a year: higher than in 67% of compared French towns. 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Feillens sits above 59% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (34%)
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 manager or professional (8.2%), Feillens is below 58% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 64% 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 lower than in 64% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. Foreign nationals: 3.3% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Feillens ranks below 82% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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
Fewer married residents than in 54% of compared French towns: 42%. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 58% of compared French towns: 28%
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
Adults with no qualification are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,382 to 3,439 people, the 17th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Porcheville (37.3), the youngest, and Sainte-Marie-de-Ré (58.5), the oldest.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Feillens
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feillens | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Replonges 3,956 · 2.1 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 3.2 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 3.6 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8,227 · 4.7 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.9% | 6% |
| Crêches-sur-Saône 3,198 · 8.3 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 0.5% | 7.1% |
| Vonnas 3,255 · 9.2 mi | 45 | 25% | 2.3% | 7% |
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 Feillens
What is the population of Feillens?
3,411 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (3,147).
How old are Feillens’ residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Feillens?
22, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Feillens?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Feillens?
€27,670 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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