0.9% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
21% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Census day 2023: 711 residents and 290 households in Garnerans. Households without a car account for 3.2%. At 15%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is higher than in just over three quarters 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Garnerans outgrew 60% of compared French towns: +7%
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 first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, +10%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.9% in Garnerans, less than in 83% 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
■ Garnerans 45. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 21%, Garnerans is behind just over three fifths of compared French towns on that count. By contrast, the median age in the town is 45, higher than in 56% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 85% of compared French towns: 32%
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
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. At 6.7%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
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
Of all households, 4.3% moved in during the last two years and 26% have stayed three decades or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 3.8%, more than in 69% of compared French towns. Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 5.5% of homes stand empty in Garnerans.
A typical living standard of €27,730 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 €27,730 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 80% of compared French towns, at 26%
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 manual worker tops 77% of compared French towns: 18%. Set beside that, 32% 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).
Foreign nationals make up 0.6% in Garnerans, less than in 99% 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.
2.1% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Garnerans ranks below 96% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
Nearly half of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 58% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 18% in Garnerans and 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 711 to 2,582 people, the 20th 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.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Garnerans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnerans | 45 | 21% | 3.8% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne 2,934 · 2.3 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| Crêches-sur-Saône 3,198 · 3.5 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 0.5% | 7.1% |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay 4,018 · 3.6 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 3.1% | 4.4% |
| Replonges 3,956 · 6.9 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8,227 · 7.1 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.9% | 6% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 7.1 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
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 Garnerans
What is the population of Garnerans?
711 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (663).
How old are Garnerans’ residents?
The median age is 45, older than 56% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Garnerans?
12, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Garnerans?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Garnerans?
€27,730 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).
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.