Villebois ranks above 87% of compared French towns on second homes: 9%
The share of households in social housing trails four fifths of compared French towns: 6.5%. Fewer households without a car than in 89% of compared French towns: 4.9%. The 2023 Census put Villebois’s population at 1,206, in 540 households. Households headed by a manual worker account for 23%.
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 Villebois
Empty homes
The census found 83 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Villebois has changed by +4%, slower than 53% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ain town +13%.
Villebois ranks below 64% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villebois 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 44.3, Villebois is older than 52% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
In Villebois, 7.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 84% 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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 29% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 68% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Villebois, 33%.
A larger share of empty homes than 89% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 8.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. Villebois has fewer flats than 84% of compared French towns, at 12%. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €25,860 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.
At €25,860 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 69% of compared French towns: 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Against that, 32% 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).
Immigrants make up 5.3% in Villebois, less than in 61% 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.
3.6% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 28. By way of 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.
Villebois ranks above 62% of compared French towns on single residents: 27%
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
The census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Villebois. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 74% 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
Just over a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,206 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Villebois and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villebois | 44.3 | 20% | 9% | 5.3% |
| Montalieu-Vercieu 3,510 · 2.8 mi | 38.3 | 16% | 4.1% | 5% |
| Lagnieu 7,411 · 5.5 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey 15,934 · 8.5 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon 3,849 · 11.1 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Ambronay 2,841 · 11.5 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Plateau d'Hauteville 4,857 · 11.6 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 11% | 7% |
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 Villebois
What is the population of Villebois?
1,206 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,158).
How old are Villebois’ residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villebois?
62, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villebois?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villebois?
€25,860 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.