2.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
By its share of one-person households (27%), Versonnex is below 88% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Versonnex was home to 2,182 people in 890 households. Locally, 14% of residents are 65 or over. Lower than in 87% of compared French towns: 24% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Versonnex
Immigrants
INSEE counts 700 immigrants in Versonnex (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 31% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Ain. 25% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Versonnex changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 62% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ain town +13%.
Younger than 73% of compared French towns: half of Versonnex is under 41
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Versonnex 41. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.2%, below 77% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 34% in Versonnex, more than in 91% 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
13% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Average household size: 2.5 people. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Versonnex sits above 76% of compared French towns for second homes (4.8%)
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, 6.3% moved in during the last two years and 15% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are more common here than in 69% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Versonnex has 24%.
A typical living standard of €42,460 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 €42,460 a year: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 91% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Versonnex has 8.3%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 31%
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 Versonnex, 25%. Across the 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.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 49% of residents 15 and over are married
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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Versonnex (25%). Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 10%, a lower share than 95% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Versonnex, 44%. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,182 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Versonnex
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Versonnex | 41 | 14% | 4.8% | 31% |
| Ségny 2,941 · 1.3 mi | 34.8 | 11% | 4.7% | 30% |
| Ornex 5,082 · 1.7 mi | 37.9 | 12% | 4.8% | 38% |
| Cessy 5,832 · 1.8 mi | 36.9 | 10% | 4.4% | 22% |
| Gex 13,627 · 2.9 mi | 35 | 10% | 6.2% | 23% |
| Ferney-Voltaire 12,094 · 3.1 mi | 36.7 | 12% | 17% | 46% |
| Prévessin-Moëns 9,153 · 3.2 mi | 36.5 | 10% | 11% | 37% |
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 Versonnex
What is the population of Versonnex?
2,182 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (2,143).
How old are Versonnex’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Versonnex?
48, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Versonnex?
INSEE counts 680 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 31% of residents, and 540 foreign nationals (25%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Versonnex?
€42,460 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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