Only 2.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Foissiat
The share of single-parent households trails 99% of compared French towns: 5.1%. In 2023, the Census found 2,034 residents in Foissiat, living in 890 households. Households without a car make up about one in 19 here (5.3%). On flats, Foissiat sits lower than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 13%.
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.
+3% since 2012: slower than 59% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ain town +13%.
Foissiat is older than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 47
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Foissiat 47. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Foissiat, 9.8%. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 58% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
In Foissiat, 30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 76% 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: 2.2 people. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. 28% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 65% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households in social housing than 78% of compared French towns, at 6.8%
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes stand empty in Foissiat. To put it in context, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 8.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 25%. Second homes are more common here than in 57% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €27,230 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 €27,230 a year: higher than in 63% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 8.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
36% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Elsewhere, 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).
2.2% of residents are immigrants, below 90% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Foissiat, 1.2%. Across the comparison, 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.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 93% of compared French towns
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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Foissiat, 49%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns: 21%
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
With adults with no qualification at 22%, Foissiat is ahead of 66% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 2,034 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
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).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Foissiat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foissiat | 47 | 24% | 2.6% | 2.2% |
| Montrevel-en-Bresse 2,743 · 3.7 mi | 49.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| Attignat 3,409 · 6 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Bois 2,584 · 8.2 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Polliat 2,741 · 8.7 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Viriat 7,102 · 9.1 mi | 43 | 20% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 10.8 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
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 Foissiat
What is the population of Foissiat?
2,034 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,980).
How old are Foissiat’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Foissiat?
26, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Foissiat?
INSEE counts 45 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Foissiat?
€27,230 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.