A larger share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns: 34%
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (23%), Bibost is above 92% of compared French towns. In Bibost, 8% of homes are flats. 7.6% of homes are second homes, more than in 85% of compared French towns. The town had 538 residents in 230 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Bibost
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 4.4% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −1% since 2012 leaves Bibost behind 72% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Rhône town +10%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +6%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%.
In Bibost, 17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bibost 41. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Bibost’s residents are under 41, younger than in 73% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. In Bibost, just over 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%.
Bibost ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 4.4%
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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Lower than in four fifths of compared French towns: 29% of households are one person living alone.
Fewer households in social housing than 91% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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
One household in 19 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 5.4%, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 6.8% of the total.
Median living standard: €27,590 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 €27,590 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 24% in Bibost, less than in 87% 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 Bibost, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 8.6%. Set beside that, nearly a third 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 2.1% in Bibost, less than in 91% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Bibost. Measured more widely, 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.
Bibost sits below 95% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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
49% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Bibost ranks below 61% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 17%
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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (538 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Bibost is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibost | 41 | 17% | 7.6% | 2.1% |
| Sain-Bel 2,566 · 2.7 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Saint-Pierre-la-Palud 2,616 · 3.3 mi | 42.1 | 17% | 1.5% | 3% |
| L'Arbresle 6,537 · 4.2 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Pollionnay 2,958 · 6 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2% | 4% |
| Lentilly 6,623 · 6 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 1.1% | 4.7% |
| Vindry-sur-Turdine 5,305 · 6.6 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2.2% | 3.5% |
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 Bibost
What is the population of Bibost?
538 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (541).
How old are Bibost’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bibost?
20, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bibost?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bibost?
€27,590 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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