Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 11%
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Prémeyzel has 20%. In 2023, the Census found 244 residents locally, living in 53 households. 30% of households are single parents. Households in social housing 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 Prémeyzel
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Prémeyzel, 19% of its 73 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
2.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
The share of second homes is 19%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 8.3% of homes stand empty.
Growth of +10% since 2012 puts Prémeyzel ahead of 69% 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, +12% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +13% in Ain.
4.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Prémeyzel 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Prémeyzel is 48.9, higher than in 79% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
36% women, 64% men
About 57 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Prémeyzel ranks above 75% of compared French towns on couples with children: 30%
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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Prémeyzel has 30%. There are 2.5 people in the average household. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€16,260 a year: the median standard of living
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 midpoint of living standards here is €16,260 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 88% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Prémeyzel. By way of comparison, 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).
Immigrants: 4.5%, a lower share than 68% of compared French towns
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: 3.3% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
A lower share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 18%
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, Prémeyzel has 62%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns: 21%
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 25% in Prémeyzel and 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 244 to 2,582 people
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).
Prémeyzel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prémeyzel | 48.9 | 11% | 19% | 4.5% |
| Belley 9,388 · 5.3 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 3% | 13% |
| Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin 7,698 · 5.5 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 5.3% | 5.6% |
| Yenne 3,026 · 5.8 mi | 44.3 | 25% | 5.1% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Genix-les-Villages 3,095 · 5.9 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 6.5% | 4.4% |
| Aoste 2,876 · 6.5 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 2.1% | 7.9% |
| Morestel 4,340 · 8.8 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1.3% | 7.6% |
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 Prémeyzel
What is the population of Prémeyzel?
244 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (222).
How old are Prémeyzel’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prémeyzel?
14, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prémeyzel?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prémeyzel?
€16,260 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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