47.1median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

Ambierle ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 1.2%

In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Ambierle, 5.5%. The 2023 Census counted 1,865 residents in 810 households. Put another way, about one in 33: 3% of households have no car. Flats are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns.

+3%residents since 2012 23%aged 65 or older 3%immigrants 810households

Throughout this page, the Loire 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.

Population

Ambierle changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 56% 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.

Census 2012

1,806

residents

Census 2017

1,915

residents

Census 2023

1,865

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Ambierle+3%

Loire median+3%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Ambierle−3%

Loire median+2%

France median+2%

The first five years brought +6%; the six to 2023, −3%.

Ages

Half of Ambierle is over 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

AmbierleLoire medianFrance median

Under 1517%

15 to 248.9%

25 to 4421%

45 to 6430%

65 and over23%

of whom 80 and over5.8%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Ambierle 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.

Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Ambierle comes in at 8.9%. About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Ambierle (23%).

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

Ambierle

Loire median

France median

WomenMen

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Households

Ambierle ranks below 85% of compared French towns on one-person households: 28%

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.

One person 28%Couple, no children 35%Couple with children 31%Single parent 5.5%Several people, not a family 0.6%

Against the Loire median and the France median

Ambierle

Loire median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

AmbierleLoire medianFrance median

One-person households28%

Residents 65+ living alone24%

0%20%40%

There are 2.3 people in the average household. 31% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 79% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.

Homes & cars

Ambierle ranks below 93% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 3.3%

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

AmbierleLoire medianFrance median

Main residences84%

Second homes7.2%

Empty8.6%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Ambierle

Loire median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

AmbierleLoire medianFrance median

No car3%

One car40%

Two or more57%

0%35%70%

In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Ambierle has 8.6%. For Ambierle, the census puts second homes at 7.2%. Set beside that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.

Income

Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,050 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.

Median standard of living

€25,050

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Loire €25,635 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

The midpoint of living standards here is €25,050 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 60% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

Households headed by a retired person: 39%, a higher share than 80% of compared French towns

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

AmbierleLoire medianFrance median

Retired39%

Managers and professionals1.2%

Intermediate occupations18%

Clerical and service workers15%

Manual workers17%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners7.4%

Farmers2.4%

Others not working0.6%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

10.3%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

780

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

Households headed by a manual worker: 17% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.

Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

Fewer immigrants than 82% of compared French towns: 3%

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

3% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

2.5% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

AmbierleLoire medianFrance median

Immigrants3%

Foreign nationals2.5%

0%5%10%

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 Ambierle, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 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.

Couples

In Ambierle, 50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 90% 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

AmbierleLoire medianFrance median

Married50%

In a civil partnership (PACS)8.1%

Living together, unmarried12%

Single20%

Divorced4.8%

Widowed5.4%

0%30%60%

In Ambierle, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.

Qualifications

27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 60% 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

AmbierleLoire medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)18%

Brevet3.7%

CAP or BEP (vocational)32%

Baccalauréat19%

Bac+214%

Bac+3 or bac+48.2%

Bac+5 or more5.3%

0%20%40%

Put another way, about one in six: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.

Towns its size

15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,865 to 2,582

The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.

Ambierle 47.1

VillejustPrayssacNoyen-sur-Sarthe

365064

Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).

Neighbors

Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Ambierle are older

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

RenaisonRiorgesMablyRoanneVillerestLe CoteauAmbierle

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Ambierle	47.1	23%	7.2%	3%
Renaison 3,231 · 3.8 mi	50.3	31%	3.4%	2.2%
Riorges 11,139 · 7.9 mi	48.7	29%	1.3%	5.1%
Mably 7,233 · 8.3 mi	52.2	32%	0.8%	7.8%
Roanne 35,409 · 9.2 mi	45	27%	3.1%	14%
Villerest 5,172 · 9.6 mi	48.5	28%	1.9%	6.1%
Le Coteau 6,845 · 10.5 mi	54.7	36%	1.6%	6.8%

More about Ambierle

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How to read these numbers

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 Ambierle

What is the population of Ambierle?

1,865 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,806).

How old are Ambierle’s residents?

The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Ambierle?

70, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Ambierle?

INSEE counts 55 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Ambierle?

€25,050 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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