A higher share of couples with children than 98% of compared French towns, at 39%
Households without a car: 2.5% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 671 residents and 260 households in Ancy. The share of households in social housing stands at 1.9%. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 17%.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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 Ancy
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 3.7% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +12% change since 2012: Ancy grew faster than 76% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +10% in Rhône.
Younger than 73% of compared French towns: half of Ancy 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
■ Ancy 41. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 23% in Ancy, less than in 98% 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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.5 people. Few places have so few single-parent households: 3.7% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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
11% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 5.1%, more than in 77% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,320 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,320 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
In Ancy, 25% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 83% 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
For Ancy, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 15%. At 9.3%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 51% of compared French towns. 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns, at 1.7%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Ancy. The usual figure: 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 90% of compared French towns: 50% 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
Single residents: 20%, below 89% of compared French towns. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Ancy
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
37% of Ancy’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 15% have no diploma (19%).
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 671 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Ancy, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancy | 41 | 17% | 5.1% | 1.7% |
| Vindry-sur-Turdine 5,305 · 3.4 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2.2% | 3.5% |
| Sain-Bel 2,566 · 4.7 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 1.3% | 8% |
| L'Arbresle 6,537 · 5 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Tarare 10,893 · 5.4 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.1% | 14% |
| Saint-Pierre-la-Palud 2,616 · 6 mi | 42.1 | 17% | 1.5% | 3% |
| Val d'Oingt 4,117 · 7.3 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 4.9% | 2.8% |
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 Ancy
What is the population of Ancy?
671 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (597).
How old are Ancy’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ancy?
16, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ancy?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ancy?
€27,320 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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