Below 95% of compared French towns: 3.9% of households have no car
Couples with children make up 31%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 8.8%. Nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 64% of compared French towns. There were 1,020 households in Neyron at the 2023 Census, home to 2,421 residents.
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 Neyron
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 22% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −3% change since 2012: slower than 83% 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
The median Ain town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six −4%.
Neyron is older than 59% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Neyron 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, 21% of residents are 65 or over. Higher than in 54% of compared French towns: 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 27% of households are one person living alone
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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 8.8%, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 5.6% of homes stand empty
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 7.7% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 22% who have been there 30 years or more. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Across Neyron, 1.4% of homes are second homes. Few places have so few flats: 28% here, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns.
€34,890 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.
The median standard of living in Neyron is €34,890 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 6.0%.
Neyron: 19% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 86% of compared French towns
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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Neyron has 25%. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Neyron
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 51% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. In Neyron, 6.6% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 97% of compared French towns: 52%
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Neyron has 21%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 48% in Neyron, more than in 92% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (11%), Neyron is below 93% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Neyron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neyron | 45.5 | 21% | 1.4% | 6.6% |
| Miribel 10,395 · 1.3 mi | 38.7 | 17% | 1% | 13% |
| Rillieux-la-Pape 31,389 · 1.6 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 0.6% | 22% |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost 4,332 · 2.6 mi | 38.5 | 18% | 0.4% | 15% |
| Sathonay-Camp 7,019 · 2.8 mi | 35.7 | 14% | 0.8% | 8.7% |
| Vaulx-en-Velin 53,069 · 2.9 mi | 32.5 | 13% | 0.6% | 30% |
| Cailloux-sur-Fontaines 2,989 · 3.6 mi | 42.3 | 17% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
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 Neyron
What is the population of Neyron?
2,421 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (2,506).
How old are Neyron’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 59% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Neyron?
15, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Neyron?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 79 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Neyron?
€34,890 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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