More couples with children than 95% of compared French towns: 36%
Households without a car: 3.3% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 13% of residents are 65 or over. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 7.5%, fewer than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Leyment had 1,441 residents in 570 households at the 2023 census.
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 Leyment
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 8.6% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +15% change since 2012: Leyment grew faster than 81% 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
In two steps, +4% to 2017 and +11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +13% in Ain.
Leyment is younger than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Leyment 39.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 21% of households are one person living alone
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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 8.6% of households are single parents here. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.6 people share a household.
Only 5.4% of homes are flats in Leyment
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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Leyment has 5.4%. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Here, 2.8% of homes are second homes.
Standard of living at the median: €28,320 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 Leyment is €28,320 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 95% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Leyment. What’s more, households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 72% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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).
Leyment ranks below 73% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.1%
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, 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals here. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Leyment, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,441 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Leyment
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leyment | 39.2 | 13% | 2.8% | 4.1% |
| Lagnieu 7,411 · 3 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon 3,849 · 3.1 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey 15,934 · 3.7 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Meximieux 8,247 · 4.8 mi | 39 | 18% | 2.2% | 7.5% |
| Ambronay 2,841 · 6.3 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Chalamont 2,533 · 7.7 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
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 Leyment
What is the population of Leyment?
1,441 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (1,257).
How old are Leyment’s residents?
The median age is 39.2, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Leyment?
17, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Leyment?
INSEE counts 59 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Leyment?
€28,320 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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