Servas ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 2.7%
13% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Residents aged 65 and over: 17% of the total. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 73% of compared French towns. Servas had 1,286 residents in 530 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.
Faster growth than 63% of compared French towns: Servas changed by +8% since 2012
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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ain town +13%.
A median age of 41.7: Servas is younger than 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
■ Servas 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure 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%.
One-person households: 28%, a lower share than 86% 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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are more common here than in 75% of compared French towns.
Only 4.4% of homes stand empty in Servas
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 make up 16%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Just over a fifth of homes are flats, or about one in five. Lower than in 62% of compared French towns: 1.6% of homes are second homes.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,990 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 €26,990 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Servas: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 82% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 60% of compared French towns: 8% of residents are immigrants
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 higher than in three fifths of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. 5.1% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 20.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Servas, 28% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 69% 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 62% of compared French towns: 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Servas comes in at 17%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,286 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Servas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Servas | 41.7 | 17% | 1.6% | 8% |
| Péronnas 6,444 · 4 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.7% | 8.6% |
| Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg 6,160 · 5 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Bourg-en-Bresse 42,372 · 5.6 mi | 41.4 | 23% | 2.5% | 19% |
| Viriat 7,102 · 8 mi | 43 | 20% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
| Ceyzériat 3,328 · 8 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Polliat 2,741 · 8.2 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
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 Servas
What is the population of Servas?
1,286 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (1,192).
How old are Servas’ residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Servas?
9, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Servas?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 66 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Servas?
€26,990 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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