Couples with children: 37%, a higher share than 96% of compared French towns
16% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Reyrieux had 5,358 residents in 2,040 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manager or professional. At 3.3%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 98% 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 Reyrieux
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Reyrieux had 4,311 residents at the 2012 census and 5,358 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Reyrieux grew +24% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 94% 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
Over those years, the median Ain town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +11%, then +12% to 2023.
19% of residents are 65 or over, below 68% 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
■ Reyrieux 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Reyrieux is 42.8, lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The census found that 11% of residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Reyrieux 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. The share of single-parent households stands at 10%. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Fewer empty homes than 70% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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
At 1.7%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 19% have stayed three decades or more. Compared with other places, households in social housing are common here: 13%, more than in just over half of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €31,950 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.
At €31,950 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 77% of compared French towns: 10%
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
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 71% of compared French towns: 29%. On average, 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).
Immigrants make up 6.1% of Reyrieux’s residents
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 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.1% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals make up 4.4%, close to the figure 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.
Married residents make up 49% in Reyrieux, more than in 86% 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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 43%, a higher share than 85% 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 (15%), Reyrieux is below 70% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (5,304 to 5,415 people), the 17th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Cruseilles is the youngest (36.3); Bretignolles-sur-Mer the oldest (62.9).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Reyrieux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reyrieux | 42.8 | 19% | 1.7% | 6.1% |
| Massieux 2,843 · 1.8 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 1.1% | 5% |
| Trévoux 7,013 · 2 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Quincieux 3,679 · 2.6 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 1.3% | 5.8% |
| Genay 5,585 · 2.7 mi | 43 | 19% | 0.8% | 9% |
| Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or 3,124 · 3.5 mi | 39.7 | 16% | 1.4% | 9.1% |
| Neuville-sur-Saône 7,812 · 4.1 mi | 43 | 25% | 1.1% | 14% |
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 Reyrieux
What is the population of Reyrieux?
5,358 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (4,311).
How old are Reyrieux’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Reyrieux?
36, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Reyrieux?
INSEE counts 330 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 240 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Reyrieux?
€31,950 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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