More couples with children than 88% of compared French towns: 33%
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Labalme comes in at 22%. The town had 204 residents in 87 households at the 2023 census. 8.2% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 89% 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.
What stands out about the people of Labalme
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +1% change since 2012: slower than 66% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
Only 18% of residents are 65 or over in Labalme
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Labalme 41.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 41.9, Labalme is younger than 67% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 28% in Labalme, less than in 86% 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 2.3 people. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. About one in nine: that is how common single-parent households are in Labalme (11%).
Second homes make up 6.7% in Labalme, more than in 82% 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
The figure for empty homes is 10% in Labalme and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 7.7%.
Median living standard: €24,290 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 median standard of living in Labalme is €24,290 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 91% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Labalme has 17%. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional 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 7.6% in Labalme, more than in 73% 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 Labalme, 8.5% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 84% 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
With married residents at 46%, Labalme is ahead of 73% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 69% of compared French towns: 25%
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 make up about one in five here (20%). Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th youngest of 41 French towns of 204 to 2,582 people
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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Labalme
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labalme | 41.9 | 18% | 6.7% | 8.5% |
| Pont-d'Ain 2,843 · 7.2 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 4.1% | 8.7% |
| Nantua 3,416 · 7.2 mi | 42.3 | 23% | 3.6% | 27% |
| Montréal-la-Cluse 3,568 · 7.6 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 2.2% | 23% |
| Ambronay 2,841 · 8.6 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Ceyzériat 3,328 · 9.8 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Plateau d'Hauteville 4,857 · 10.5 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 11% | 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 Labalme
What is the population of Labalme?
204 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (202).
How old are Labalme’s residents?
The median age is 41.9, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Labalme?
7, with occasional dwellings: 6.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Labalme?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.5% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (7.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Labalme?
€24,290 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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