Lent sits above 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (25%)
5.7% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 78% of compared French towns: 31% of households are couples with children. Lent had 1,512 residents in 680 households at the 2023 Census. For Lent, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 19%.
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.
A growing town: +9% since 2012, faster than 67% 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
Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then +8% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +13% in Ain.
Half of Lent is under 42.8, younger than 60% 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
■ Lent 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 81% of compared French towns, at 8%
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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, a third of households are one person living alone in Lent. Average household size: 2.2 people. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Flats make up 19% in Lent, less than in 70% 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 second homes is 4.2% in Lent and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 11%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%. This Ain town has fewer empty homes than three fifths of compared French towns, at 6%.
Median standard of living: €27,740 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,740 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 56% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
Lent has more households headed by a manager or professional than 54% of compared French towns, at 10%. Against that, nearly a third 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).
Lent sits below 82% of compared French towns for immigrants (3%)
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.6% of residents are foreign nationals here. As a reference point, 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 80% 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
44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Lent ranks below 71% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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
Here 33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,512 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Lent
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lent | 42.8 | 19% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Péronnas 6,444 · 4.6 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.7% | 8.6% |
| Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg 6,160 · 5.9 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Bourg-en-Bresse 42,372 · 6.1 mi | 41.4 | 23% | 2.5% | 19% |
| Ceyzériat 3,328 · 7.5 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Chalamont 2,533 · 8.4 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Pont-d'Ain 2,843 · 8.4 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 4.1% | 8.7% |
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 Lent
What is the population of Lent?
1,512 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,385).
How old are Lent’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lent?
31, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lent?
INSEE counts 45 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 39 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lent?
€27,740 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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