Tossiat ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 2.8%
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Tossiat comes in at 17%. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 13%, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns. This Ain town had 1,425 residents in 620 households at the 2023 census. In Tossiat, 29% of households are couples with children.
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.
+4% since 2012: slower than 54% 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
Here the change came as −1% to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
Tossiat sits below 74% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.5%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tossiat 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Tossiat is 44.6, higher than in 54% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over locally.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 72% 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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 8.5%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 7.2% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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 the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Tossiat has 4.7%. Of all households, 12% moved in during the last two years and 23% have stayed three decades or more. More second homes than in 54% of compared French towns: 2.4%.
A median of €29,210 a year per consumption unit
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 midpoint of living standards here is €29,210 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Tossiat ranks below 71% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 12%, below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. By way of comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 91% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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 95% of compared French towns: 1%. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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: 46% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 11% in Tossiat, less than in 90% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 17th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,425 to 2,582 people
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).
Tossiat is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tossiat | 44.6 | 22% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Ceyzériat 3,328 · 3 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Péronnas 6,444 · 5.7 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.7% | 8.6% |
| Bourg-en-Bresse 42,372 · 5.8 mi | 41.4 | 23% | 2.5% | 19% |
| Pont-d'Ain 2,843 · 6.2 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 4.1% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg 6,160 · 6.9 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Viriat 7,102 · 8.4 mi | 43 | 20% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
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 Tossiat
What is the population of Tossiat?
1,425 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,371).
How old are Tossiat’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tossiat?
16, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tossiat?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tossiat?
€29,210 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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