Half of Meximieux is under 39, younger than 84% of compared French towns
By its share of households in social housing (20%), Meximieux is above 78% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Meximieux was home to 8,247 people in 3,520 households. Couples with children: 29% of the total. Few places have as many flats: 46% here, more than in 70% 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Meximieux outgrew 77% of compared French towns: +13%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +13% in Ain. Here the change came as +6% to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
Meximieux sits below 79% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (18%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Meximieux 39. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Meximieux sits above 67% of compared French towns for single-parent households (11%)
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns.
53% of homes are houses
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
Of all households, 14% moved in during the last two years and 14% have stayed three decades or more. Meximieux has more empty homes than 54% of compared French towns, at 7%. Second homes: 2.2%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €27,630 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,630 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 67% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 11.0%.
Meximieux sits below 81% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (26%)
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
In Meximieux, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Across Meximieux, 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 57% of compared French towns: 7.5%
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 57% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 24%, a lower share than 62% 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
44% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 58% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
Locally, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 6th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 35.8 in Mazingarbe to 63.7 in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Meximieux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meximieux | 39 | 18% | 2.2% | 7.5% |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon 3,849 · 1.9 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Béligneux 3,535 · 4.9 mi | 36.7 | 16% | 1.3% | 6.4% |
| Chalamont 2,533 · 6.2 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans 2,903 · 6.4 mi | 41.6 | 16% | 3.7% | 2.8% |
| Balan 3,077 · 6.7 mi | 28.6 | 9.5% | 1.3% | 5.1% |
| Lagnieu 7,411 · 7 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
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 Meximieux
What is the population of Meximieux?
8,247 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (7,304).
How old are Meximieux’s residents?
The median age is 39, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Meximieux?
87, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Meximieux?
INSEE counts 620 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 350 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Meximieux?
€27,630 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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