Below 99% of compared French towns: 13% of households are headed by a retired person
Here 4.8% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Households in social housing account for 1.3%. Half of Leyssard’s residents are over 47.1, older than in 70% of compared French towns. This Ain town is home to 164 residents in 76 households, by 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 Leyssard
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Leyssard, 21% of its 110 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 2.7% of households have no car in Leyssard
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
Some just over one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 19% who have been there 30 years or more. Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of homes are second homes. On empty homes, Leyssard sits lower than 50% of compared French towns: 6.7%.
From 2012 to 2023, Leyssard outgrew 74% of compared French towns: +12%
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, +3% to 2017 and +8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +13% in Ain.
7.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% 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
■ Leyssard 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Leyssard. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Leyssard sits above 88% of compared French towns for couples with children (33%)
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 one-person households trails 59% of compared French towns: 33%. Leyssard has more single-parent households than 89% of compared French towns, at 13%. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
€28,070 a year: the median standard of living
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 €28,070 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in eight. By way of comparison, 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).
6.2% of Leyssard’s 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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 20 here (5%). That is lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 23% in Leyssard, less than in 69% 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
Locally, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
7% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 99% 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
Graduates of higher education: 37%, above 72% of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 164 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Leyssard
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leyssard | 47.1 | 20% | 21% | 6.2% |
| Montréal-la-Cluse 3,568 · 5.1 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 2.2% | 23% |
| Nantua 3,416 · 6.4 mi | 42.3 | 23% | 3.6% | 27% |
| Ceyzériat 3,328 · 7.5 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Pont-d'Ain 2,843 · 9.6 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 4.1% | 8.7% |
| Bellignat 3,525 · 9.9 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.7% | 26% |
| Oyonnax 22,480 · 10.8 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 33% |
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 Leyssard
What is the population of Leyssard?
164 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (147).
How old are Leyssard’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Leyssard?
22, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Leyssard?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Leyssard?
€28,070 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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