2.4% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
One-person households: 25%, below 93% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 650 residents in Massignieu-de-Rives, living in 280 households. Locally, 43% of households are headed by a retired person. This Ain town has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.5%.
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 Massignieu-de-Rives
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 42 second homes and occasional dwellings in Massignieu-de-Rives, 12% of its 340 homes: higher than in 90% 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.
In Massignieu-de-Rives, 2.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% 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
Some 8.8% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 25% who have been there 30 years or more. For comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Census figures put second homes at 12% in Massignieu-de-Rives. Lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 4.4% of homes stand empty.
Slower growth than 55% of compared French towns: Massignieu-de-Rives changed by +4% since 2012
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 first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, +6%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
A median age of 49.2: Massignieu-de-Rives is older than 80% 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
■ Massignieu-de-Rives 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Massignieu-de-Rives: 12% of households are single parents, above 82% 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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. Couples with children make up 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€28,310 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €28,310 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 7.1% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional here. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Massignieu-de-Rives sits below 80% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.2%)
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: 1.7%, below 83% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
Married residents: 55%, above 99% of compared French towns. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 12% of adults out of school have no qualification in Massignieu-de-Rives
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 38%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 650 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Massignieu-de-Rives is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massignieu-de-Rives | 49.2 | 25% | 12% | 3.2% |
| Belley 9,388 · 3.6 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 3% | 13% |
| Yenne 3,026 · 3.7 mi | 44.3 | 25% | 5.1% | 4.9% |
| Culoz-Béon 3,453 · 6.6 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 6.2% | 15% |
| La Biolle 2,948 · 7.8 mi | 40 | 17% | 2.8% | 4.9% |
| Aix-les-Bains 32,406 · 8.3 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 15% | 11% |
| Grésy-sur-Aix 4,740 · 8.4 mi | 43.4 | 19% | 2.7% | 6.9% |
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 Massignieu-de-Rives
What is the population of Massignieu-de-Rives?
650 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (628).
How old are Massignieu-de-Rives’ residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Massignieu-de-Rives?
42, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Massignieu-de-Rives?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Massignieu-de-Rives?
€28,310 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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