Saint-Alban ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.8%
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.6% of households have no car in Saint-Alban. The town’s 84 households held 195 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, 16% of residents are 65 or over. 29% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 79% 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 Saint-Alban
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Alban, 19% of its 110 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 ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Saint-Alban had 164 residents at the 2012 census and 195 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
19% of homes are second homes, more than in 93% 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. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Empty homes: 4.6% of the total.
Saint-Alban grew +19% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 89% 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 +9%, then +10% to 2023.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 9.4% 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
■ Saint-Alban 43. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Saint-Alban is 43, lower than in 58% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 93% of compared French towns: 35%
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
By its share of single-parent households (12%), Saint-Alban is above three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,530 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 Saint-Alban’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,530 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 29% in Saint-Alban, more than in 97% 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
Here 12% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 35% in Saint-Alban. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Alban sits below 81% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.1%)
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 trails 70% of compared French towns: 2.6%. Measured more widely, 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.
Married residents: 36%, a lower share than 88% 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
Here just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Saint-Alban ranks below 70% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 16%
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 census found that 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-Alban. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (195 to 2,582 people), the 12th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Saint-Alban sits below 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alban | 43 | 16% | 19% | 3.1% |
| Pont-d'Ain 2,843 · 5.8 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 4.1% | 8.7% |
| Ambronay 2,841 · 7.7 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Ceyzériat 3,328 · 8.5 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Montréal-la-Cluse 3,568 · 8.5 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 2.2% | 23% |
| Nantua 3,416 · 8.6 mi | 42.3 | 23% | 3.6% | 27% |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey 15,934 · 10.5 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 13% |
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 Saint-Alban
What is the population of Saint-Alban?
195 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (164).
How old are Saint-Alban’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Alban?
21, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Alban?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Alban?
€28,530 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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