Above 97% of compared French towns: 47% of homes are second homes
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, La Burbanche has 6%. The town had 98 residents in 49 households at the 2023 census. Put another way, about one in 31: 3.2% of homes are flats. On households headed by a manager or professional, La Burbanche sits higher than 88% of compared French towns: 20%.
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 La Burbanche
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 47 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Burbanche, 47% of its 99 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
La Burbanche had 73 residents at the 2012 census and 98 in 2023, up 34%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of La Burbanche’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 2.4% of homes stand empty
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Turnover: 16% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 14% have lived in their home 30 years or more. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. One household in 17 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
+34% since 2012, a pace 98% of compared French towns didn’t match
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%.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Burbanche 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 50.8, La Burbanche is older than 85% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
In La Burbanche, 20% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 74% 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 typical household size is 2 people. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In La Burbanche, two in five households are one person living alone. One in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 50% of compared French towns.
30% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
A fifth of La Burbanche’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 30% by a retired person (32%). Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 66% of compared French towns: 9.1% of residents are immigrants
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 higher than in 66% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 4% of residents are foreign nationals in La Burbanche.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In La Burbanche, 55% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
22% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 56% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a lower share than in 54% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
La Burbanche is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Burbanche | 50.8 | 24% | 47% | 9.1% |
| Plateau d'Hauteville 4,857 · 7.6 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 11% | 7% |
| Montalieu-Vercieu 3,510 · 7.7 mi | 38.3 | 16% | 4.1% | 5% |
| Lagnieu 7,411 · 10.1 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Belley 9,388 · 10.1 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 3% | 13% |
| Culoz-Béon 3,453 · 11.3 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 6.2% | 15% |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey 15,934 · 11.4 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 13% |
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 La Burbanche
What is the population of La Burbanche?
98 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 34% more than in 2012 (73).
How old are La Burbanche’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Burbanche?
47, with occasional dwellings: 47% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Burbanche?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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