Villette-sur-Ain: 40% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Villette-sur-Ain has 7.6%. The town counted 780 residents and 310 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 3% of households rent social housing (HLM) locally. More households headed by a retired person than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 38%.
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 Villette-sur-Ain
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Villette-sur-Ain grew +17% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 85% 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 change was +13% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023.
Villette-sur-Ain ranks below 81% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villette-sur-Ain 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Villette-sur-Ain is 42.8, lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
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%.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 23% of households are one person living alone
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 average household has 2.5 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car make up 4.7% in Villette-sur-Ain, less than in 90% of compared French towns
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
Here nearly one in ten homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Villette-sur-Ain has more empty homes than nearly two thirds of compared French towns, at 8.2%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%.
Half above, half below €28,910 a year in standard of living
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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,910 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 10%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. 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).
Below 82% of compared French towns: 3% of residents are immigrants
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.2%), Villette-sur-Ain is below three quarters of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns: 18%
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 figure for married residents is 49% in Villette-sur-Ain and 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 10% in Villette-sur-Ain, less than in 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
38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 780 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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.
Villette-sur-Ain is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villette-sur-Ain | 42.8 | 17% | 7.6% | 3% |
| Ambronay 2,841 · 4.2 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Chalamont 2,533 · 4.6 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey 15,934 · 4.9 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon 3,849 · 5.2 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Pont-d'Ain 2,843 · 5.4 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 4.1% | 8.7% |
| Meximieux 8,247 · 6.8 mi | 39 | 18% | 2.2% | 7.5% |
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 Villette-sur-Ain
What is the population of Villette-sur-Ain?
780 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (669).
How old are Villette-sur-Ain’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villette-sur-Ain?
28, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villette-sur-Ain?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villette-sur-Ain?
€28,910 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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