Above 98% of compared French towns: 39% of households are couples with children
Households without a car make up 2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 6.8% of residents are 15 to 24. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 8.6%, more than in 86% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 497 residents in 180 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 Versailleux
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Versailleux had 354 residents at the 2012 census and 497 in 2023, up 40%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Versailleux’s residents are under 37.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +40% change since 2012: 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
Over those years, the median Ain town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%.
12% of residents are 65 or over, below 97% 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
■ Versailleux 37.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 37.3, Versailleux is younger than 90% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
In Versailleux, 17% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Versailleux comes in at 13%. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Households average 2.7 people.
Only 4.6% of homes are flats in Versailleux
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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 3.8% in Versailleux. Households in social housing make up about one in 12 here (8.2%). The share of flats in the typical compared French town is 30%.
A typical living standard of €29,210 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 €29,210 a year: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 19% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Versailleux. On top of that, households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 65% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Versailleux, 2.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns
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, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Versailleux has 1.5%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Versailleux has 48%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 88% 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
With graduates of higher education at 41%, Versailleux is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Versailleux, 5 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Versailleux | 37.3 | 12% | 8.6% | 2.5% |
| Chalamont 2,533 · 3.4 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Villars-les-Dombes 5,163 · 3.8 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 7% |
| Meximieux 8,247 · 6.5 mi | 39 | 18% | 2.2% | 7.5% |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon 3,849 · 7 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Saint-André-de-Corcy 3,370 · 8.1 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 4.2% |
| Béligneux 3,535 · 8.7 mi | 36.7 | 16% | 1.3% | 6.4% |
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 Versailleux
What is the population of Versailleux?
497 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 40% more than in 2012 (354).
How old are Versailleux’s residents?
The median age is 37.3, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 31% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Versailleux?
18, with occasional dwellings: 8.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Versailleux?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Versailleux?
€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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