Above 85% of compared French towns: 11% of homes stand empty
Households headed by a retired person make up 38%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. More residents aged 65 and over than in four fifths of compared French towns: 28%. Villereversure’s 580 households held 1,420 residents at the 2023 Census. 4.5% of homes are second homes, or about one in 22.
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 Villereversure
Growing fast
Villereversure had 1,212 residents at the 2012 census and 1,420 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 78 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +17% change since 2012: faster than 86% 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%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then +10% to 2023.
Villereversure ranks below 82% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villereversure 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.5, Villereversure is older than 60% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 32%, a lower share than 67% 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
The share of single-parent households is 8.5%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 27% of households are couples with children.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 17% of homes are flats
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
The share of households in social housing is 9.9%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 7.5% here, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A median of €25,960 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 median standard of living in Villereversure is €25,960 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Villereversure ranks below 63% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 7.6%
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 14% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 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).
5.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 59% 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.
The median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 59% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 4.1% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 24.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 39% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Villereversure has 23%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Villereversure and its 6 nearest towns: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villereversure | 45.5 | 28% | 4.5% | 5.5% |
| Ceyzériat 3,328 · 3.5 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Bourg-en-Bresse 42,372 · 7.9 mi | 41.4 | 23% | 2.5% | 19% |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Bois 2,584 · 8 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Montréal-la-Cluse 3,568 · 8.8 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 2.2% | 23% |
| Péronnas 6,444 · 8.8 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.7% | 8.6% |
| Viriat 7,102 · 9.1 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 Villereversure
What is the population of Villereversure?
1,420 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (1,212).
How old are Villereversure’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villereversure?
31, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villereversure?
INSEE counts 79 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 58 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villereversure?
€25,960 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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