A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 48%
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Toussieux. At the 2023 Census Toussieux was home to 1,257 people in 450 households. Households without a car account for 1.1%. Fewer flats than in 95% of compared French towns: 5.4%.
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 Toussieux
A town of families
48% of households are couples with children and 5.6% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Toussieux had 797 residents at the 2012 census and 1,257 in 2023, up 58%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Toussieux’s residents are under 37.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 10% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +58% change since 2012: Toussieux grew faster than 99% 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
The median Ain town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +37% and the next six +15%.
In Toussieux, 10% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Toussieux 37.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Toussieux’s residents are under 37.3, younger than in 90% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Toussieux has 5.6%. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.8 people.
A lower share of empty homes than 98% of compared French towns, at 2.4%
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
0.4% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. What’s more, households in social housing are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 13% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Median living standard: €31,560 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €31,560 a year: higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 21%, a higher share than 90% 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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 17%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns, at 3.7%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Toussieux, 2.5%. Typically, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 16% 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 make up 50%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Toussieux: 46% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 89% 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
Adults with no qualification: 11%, below 91% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,257 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Toussieux
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 Toussieux
What is the population of Toussieux?
1,257 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 58% more than in 2012 (797).
How old are Toussieux’s residents?
The median age is 37.3, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Toussieux?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Toussieux?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Toussieux?
€31,560 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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