Loyettes sits above 96% of compared French towns for couples with children (37%)
27% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns. Loyettes’s 1,440 households held 3,554 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 4.4% of homes stand empty.
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 Loyettes
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 7.6% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Loyettes’ residents are under 37.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Loyettes had 3,004 residents at the 2012 census and 3,554 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+18% since 2012, a pace 88% 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
The median Ain town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +5% and the next six +13%.
A median age of 37.5: Loyettes is younger than 90% 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
■ Loyettes 37.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 15% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Loyettes sits below 77% of compared French towns for one-person households (30%)
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
7.6% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.5 people each. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Loyettes sits below 74% of compared French towns for households in social housing (7.4%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Loyettes has 24%. As a reference point, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 14% moved in during the last two years and 15% have stayed three decades or more. Lower than in 55% of compared French towns: 1.8% of homes are second homes.
The median resident lives on €26,680 a year per consumption unit
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 Loyettes is €26,680 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 58% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 75% of compared French towns: 18%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 12%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.3% of residents in Loyettes 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 55% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 14 here (7.3%). Foreign nationals make up 4.6%, close to the figure 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.
In Loyettes, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 72% 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
The share of married residents tops 64% of compared French towns: 45%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 62% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
3rd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 3,535 to 3,577
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Rubelles (34.9), the oldest Deauville (63.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Loyettes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyettes | 37.5 | 15% | 1.8% | 7.3% |
| Chavanoz 5,126 · 1.6 mi | 37.1 | 14% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas 3,417 · 1.8 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
| Pont-de-Chéruy 6,302 · 2.5 mi | 33.9 | 15% | 1.1% | 22% |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans 2,903 · 2.9 mi | 41.6 | 16% | 3.7% | 2.8% |
| Tignieu-Jameyzieu 8,031 · 3 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 1.4% | 10% |
| Charvieu-Chavagneux 10,547 · 3.6 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.5% | 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 Loyettes
What is the population of Loyettes?
3,554 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (3,004).
How old are Loyettes’ residents?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loyettes?
28, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loyettes?
INSEE counts 260 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loyettes?
€26,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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