A median age of 55.3: Pollieu is older than 94% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Pollieu has 2.6%. The town had 167 residents in 77 households at the 2023 census. On the census count, 6.7% of households are single parents. Flats 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 Pollieu
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pollieu, 14% of its 99 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Pollieu’s residents are under 55.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 14% in Pollieu, more than in 91% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On the census count, nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
A +6% change since 2012: faster than 57% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +13% in Ain.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 5.5% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pollieu 55.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Pollieu, 28%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 74% 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
Average household size: 2.2 people. Few places have so few one-person households: 33% here, fewer than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €31,300 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.
Half of Pollieu’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €31,300 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 54% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.6% of residents are immigrants in Pollieu
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison 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.
Pollieu sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (61%)
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
Single residents make up 17%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Pollieu, less than in 90% 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
Graduates of higher education: 24%, below 72% of compared French towns. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (167 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Pollieu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pollieu | 55.3 | 28% | 14% | 0.6% |
| Belley 9,388 · 3.9 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 3% | 13% |
| Culoz-Béon 3,453 · 4.1 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 6.2% | 15% |
| Yenne 3,026 · 6.6 mi | 44.3 | 25% | 5.1% | 4.9% |
| La Biolle 2,948 · 9.1 mi | 40 | 17% | 2.8% | 4.9% |
| Entrelacs 6,461 · 9.4 mi | 43 | 18% | 4.2% | 4.1% |
| Grésy-sur-Aix 4,740 · 10.4 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 Pollieu
What is the population of Pollieu?
167 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (157).
How old are Pollieu’s residents?
The median age is 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pollieu?
14, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pollieu?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pollieu?
€31,300 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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