Saint-André-de-Bâgé ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 2.7%
3.2% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Locally, a third of households are couples with children. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 82% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Saint-André-de-Bâgé was home to 841 people in 340 households.
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-André-de-Bâgé
Growing fast
Saint-André-de-Bâgé had 684 residents at the 2012 census and 841 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +23% change since 2012: Saint-André-de-Bâgé grew faster than 93% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ain town +13%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +10%; 2017 to 2023, +12%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of compared French towns: 8.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-André-de-Bâgé 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age in Saint-André-de-Bâgé is 42.3, lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are one person living alone, below 99% of compared French towns
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
Each household has 2.4 people on average. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Saint-André-de-Bâgé sits higher than 67% of compared French towns: 11%.
In Saint-André-de-Bâgé, 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
In Saint-André-de-Bâgé, 7.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 0.6% of homes are second homes. The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €29,260 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 €29,260 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 72% of compared French towns, at 29%
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 17%, Saint-André-de-Bâgé is ahead of 68% of compared French towns on that count. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 2.3% in Saint-André-de-Bâgé, less than in 74% 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 median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in two thirds of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Here, 4.6% of residents are immigrants.
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 single residents than 98% 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
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Saint-André-de-Bâgé sits above 55% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (31%)
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 841 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saint-André-de-Bâgé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-de-Bâgé | 42.3 | 19% | 0.6% | 4.6% |
| Replonges 3,956 · 1.8 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 2.9 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 3.1 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 4.4 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8,227 · 5.5 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.9% | 6% |
| Vonnas 3,255 · 6.4 mi | 45 | 25% | 2.3% | 7% |
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-André-de-Bâgé
What is the population of Saint-André-de-Bâgé?
841 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (684).
How old are Saint-André-de-Bâgé’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-André-de-Bâgé?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-André-de-Bâgé?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-André-de-Bâgé?
€29,260 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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