Pouillat ranks below 97% of compared French towns on couples with children: 13%
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 2.4% of households have no car here. Pouillat had 77 residents in 41 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 53: 1.9% of homes are flats. Households headed by a manager or professional 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 Pouillat
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 6 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pouillat, 11% of its 53 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pouillat had 92 residents at the 2012 census and 77 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Pouillat’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 6 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes are second homes, more than in 89% 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. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 4.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 20% have stayed 30 years or more. Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes stand empty here.
−16% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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, −4% to 2017 and −13% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +13% in Ain.
Pouillat is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pouillat 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.1% in Pouillat. Residents aged 65 and over come to 29% in the town, about three in ten.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns: 13%
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
The figure for one-person households is 38% in Pouillat and 35% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.9 people. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Pouillat: 38% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 38% of households are headed by a retired person in Pouillat. Measured more widely, 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).
0% of Pouillat’s residents are immigrants
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 lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 75% 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
28% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 11%
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
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 77 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Pouillat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouillat | 52.5 | 29% | 11% | 0% |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Bois 2,584 · 7.3 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Bellignat 3,525 · 11.1 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.7% | 26% |
| Ceyzériat 3,328 · 11.3 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Oyonnax 22,480 · 11.5 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 33% |
| Viriat 7,102 · 11.6 mi | 43 | 20% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
| Montréal-la-Cluse 3,568 · 12.3 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 2.2% | 23% |
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 Pouillat
What is the population of Pouillat?
77 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (92).
How old are Pouillat’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pouillat?
6, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pouillat?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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