Above 98% of compared French towns: 39% of households are couples with children
Households without a car make up 2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 0.9%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. 701 residents in 280 households: that is Genouilleux at the 2023 Census. Here, one in ten homes are flats.
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 Genouilleux
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 3.5% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Genouilleux had 598 residents at the 2012 census and 701 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 86% of compared French towns: Genouilleux changed by +17% since 2012
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, +15%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ain town +13%.
15% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 90% 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
■ Genouilleux 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Half of Genouilleux’s residents are under 41.4, younger than in 70% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 24% in Genouilleux, less than in 96% 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 3.5%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.5 people. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 2% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
In the last two years, 8.2% of households moved in; at the other end, 14% have stayed 30 years or more. 5.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 78% of compared French towns. Households in social housing make up 12% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €28,820 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 €28,820 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 72% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 12% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 31%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 73% of compared French towns: 4%
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 73% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Genouilleux, 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 49% in Genouilleux. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 81% of compared French towns: 13%
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 share of graduates of higher education is 33%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 701 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Older than Genouilleux: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genouilleux | 41.4 | 15% | 5.2% | 4% |
| Belleville-en-Beaujolais 14,016 · 2.6 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 1.2% | 11% |
| Montmerle-sur-Saône 3,799 · 2.8 mi | 46 | 23% | 1.9% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne 2,934 · 4.3 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reneins 4,677 · 5.4 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay 4,018 · 6.6 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 3.1% | 4.4% |
| Fareins 2,533 · 7 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 5.1% | 3.3% |
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 Genouilleux
What is the population of Genouilleux?
701 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (598).
How old are Genouilleux’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Genouilleux?
16, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Genouilleux?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Genouilleux?
€28,820 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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