A median age of 38.7: Miribel is younger than 85% of compared French towns
25% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). At the 2023 Census, 10,395 people lived in Miribel, in 4,310 households. Locally, nearly a fifth of households rent social housing (HLM). More flats than in four fifths of compared French towns: 55%.
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 Miribel
A young town
Half of Miribel’s residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +14% since 2012, faster than 79% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +9%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
Miribel ranks below 84% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Miribel 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
10% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Miribel sits above 69% of compared French towns for couples with children (29%)
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. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Higher than in 62% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents. There is little gap on one-person households: 35%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
1% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 79% 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 12% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 16% who have been there 30 years or more. At 7.3%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 57% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten households have no car.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €29,650 a year
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,650 a year: higher than in 83% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 13.0% of residents.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 86% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 14% in Miribel. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 81% of compared French towns: 13%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Miribel comes in at 8.9%. Across the comparison, 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.
Above 57% of compared French towns: 26% of residents 15 and over are single
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
On the census count, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 38%, a higher share than 76% 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
Adults with no qualification are rarer here than in 54% of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
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.
The youngest is Serris (33.5), the oldest Fouesnant (57).
Miribel is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miribel | 38.7 | 17% | 1% | 13% |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost 4,332 · 1.5 mi | 38.5 | 18% | 0.4% | 15% |
| Beynost 5,198 · 2.5 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 1.1% | 9.5% |
| Rillieux-la-Pape 31,389 · 2.7 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 0.6% | 22% |
| Sathonay-Camp 7,019 · 3.7 mi | 35.7 | 14% | 0.8% | 8.7% |
| Cailloux-sur-Fontaines 2,989 · 4 mi | 42.3 | 17% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Vaulx-en-Velin 53,069 · 4 mi | 32.5 | 13% | 0.6% | 30% |
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 Miribel
What is the population of Miribel?
10,395 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (9,128).
How old are Miribel’s residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Miribel?
49, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Miribel?
INSEE counts 1,360 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 920 foreign nationals (8.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Miribel?
€29,650 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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