Only 2.6% of homes are flats in Magnieu
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.4% of households have no car here. At the 2023 Census Magnieu was home to 651 people in 290 households. Locally, 27% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Magnieu
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 64 second homes and occasional dwellings in Magnieu, 17% of its 370 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 17% of its homes
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 4.3% in Magnieu and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8% (under two years).
Magnieu grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 76% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +13% for the median Ain town, the change came in two steps: +11% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3%, a lower share 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
■ Magnieu 47. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Magnieu’s residents are over 47, older than in 69% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. In Magnieu, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
7% of households are single parents, below 90% 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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, Magnieu sits lower than 64% of compared French towns: 32%. At the same time, the figure for couples with children is 27% in Magnieu and 25% in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €27,740 a year to live on
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 Magnieu is €27,740 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 67% of compared French towns: 7.1%
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Magnieu. In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 81% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
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 22% in Magnieu, less than in 78% 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
Here 45% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Magnieu 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, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (651 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Magnieu and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnieu | 47 | 21% | 17% | 3.1% |
| Belley 9,388 · 2.1 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 3% | 13% |
| Yenne 3,026 · 5.7 mi | 44.3 | 25% | 5.1% | 4.9% |
| Culoz-Béon 3,453 · 5.8 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 6.2% | 15% |
| La Biolle 2,948 · 10 mi | 40 | 17% | 2.8% | 4.9% |
| Entrelacs 6,461 · 10.5 mi | 43 | 18% | 4.2% | 4.1% |
| Aix-les-Bains 32,406 · 10.8 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 15% | 11% |
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 Magnieu
What is the population of Magnieu?
651 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (578).
How old are Magnieu’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Magnieu?
64, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Magnieu?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Magnieu?
€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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.