Photo: Benoît Prieur · CC0A median age of 38.5: Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost is younger than 87% of compared French towns
A third of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 56%. At 17%, the share of households in social housing is higher than in 68% of compared French towns. Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost had 4,332 residents in 1,790 households 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.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost
Immigrants
INSEE counts 700 immigrants in Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Ain. 8.7% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost’s residents are under 38.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost’s population changed by +12% since 2012, more than in 75% 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 +3%, then +9% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, a lower share than 78% 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
■ Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost 38.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost sits below 57% of compared French towns for one-person households (34%)
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. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 10%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost ranks below 98% of compared French towns on second homes: 0.4%
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
Census figures put empty homes at 7.4% in Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost. Households without a car make up 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,820 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 residents live in households above €26,820 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 59% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 14.0% of the population.
28% of households are headed by a retired person, below 74% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost has 12%. Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
15% of residents are immigrants, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
With foreign nationals at 8.7%, Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost is ahead of 77% of compared French towns on that count. For 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.
Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost: 27% of residents 15 and over are single, above 61% 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
Married residents account for 44%. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 61% of compared French towns, at 33%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 3rd youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 Tigery (33.7), the oldest Le Château-d'Oléron (55).
Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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-Maurice-de-Beynost
What is the population of Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost?
4,332 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (3,863).
How old are Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost’s residents?
The median age is 38.5, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost?
7, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost?
INSEE counts 670 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 380 foreign nationals (8.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost?
€26,820 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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