1.1% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
33% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Locally, 2.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Few places have as many households headed by a manager or professional: 18% here, more than in 84% of compared French towns. Relevant’s 190 households held 465 residents at the 2023 Census.
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.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 78% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +13% in Ain.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, a lower share than 77% 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
■ Relevant 43. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Relevant has 9.1%. The median age locally is 43, lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Relevant ranks below 98% of compared French towns on one-person households: 22%
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 typical household size is 2.5 people. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Census figures put single-parent households at 5.2% in Relevant.
Relevant sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2.4%)
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
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 5.8% of homes are second homes here. The benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%. Across Relevant, 4.3% of homes stand empty.
€30,000 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.
Half of residents live in households above €30,000 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 86% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker here. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.4%, a lower share than 88% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Relevant sits above 98% of compared French towns for married residents (53%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Relevant has 19%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 28% in Relevant, less than in 57% 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
20% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 55% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 11th youngest of 41 French towns of 465 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Relevant sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relevant | 43 | 18% | 5.8% | 2.4% |
| Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne 5,250 · 2.2 mi | 48.6 | 29% | 2.3% | 4.9% |
| Villars-les-Dombes 5,163 · 7.2 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 7% |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne 2,934 · 8.9 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| Montmerle-sur-Saône 3,799 · 8.9 mi | 46 | 23% | 1.9% | 3.7% |
| Vonnas 3,255 · 9.4 mi | 45 | 25% | 2.3% | 7% |
| Fareins 2,533 · 10.1 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 5.1% | 3.3% |
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 Relevant
What is the population of Relevant?
465 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (474).
How old are Relevant’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Relevant?
12, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Relevant?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Relevant?
€30,000 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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