A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Simandre-sur-Suran, 28%. For Simandre-sur-Suran, the census puts flats at 6.5%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 3.6% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 673 residents in 300 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 Simandre-sur-Suran
Empty homes
The census found 68 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 74% of compared French towns: Simandre-sur-Suran changed by −1% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ain town +13%.
Half of Simandre-sur-Suran is over 45.9, older than 63% 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
■ Simandre-sur-Suran 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.6% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 27% of households are one person living alone in Simandre-sur-Suran
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 2.3 people on average. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are more common here than in just over half of compared French towns. There is little gap on single-parent households: 9.9%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 18% in Simandre-sur-Suran, more 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
Of all households, 8.2% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more. Lower than in 86% of compared French towns: 0.8% of homes are second homes. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%.
Median standard of living: €25,900 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.
The median standard of living in Simandre-sur-Suran is €25,900 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Simandre-sur-Suran sits below 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (1.6%)
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, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.6% of residents are immigrants in Simandre-sur-Suran
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.
Foreign nationals: 0.9% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%. 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.
Simandre-sur-Suran ranks above 71% of compared French towns on married residents: 46%
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Simandre-sur-Suran has 24%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 12% of adults out of school have no 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
Across Simandre-sur-Suran, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 673 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th oldest
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.
No nearby town is as old as Simandre-sur-Suran
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simandre-sur-Suran | 45.9 | 21% | 0.8% | 1.6% |
| Ceyzériat 3,328 · 5.8 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Bois 2,584 · 7.1 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Montréal-la-Cluse 3,568 · 8.3 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 2.2% | 23% |
| Bourg-en-Bresse 42,372 · 9.3 mi | 41.4 | 23% | 2.5% | 19% |
| Viriat 7,102 · 9.6 mi | 43 | 20% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
| Bellignat 3,525 · 10.3 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.7% | 26% |
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 Simandre-sur-Suran
What is the population of Simandre-sur-Suran?
673 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (679).
How old are Simandre-sur-Suran’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Simandre-sur-Suran?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Simandre-sur-Suran?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Simandre-sur-Suran?
€25,900 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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