More couples with children than 92% of compared French towns: 35%
Households headed by a manager or professional: 22% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 1,715 residents in 670 households: that is Blacé at the 2023 Census. The share of second homes stands at 5.2%. At 15%, the share of flats is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
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 Blacé
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.9% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Blacé had 1,430 residents at the 2012 census and 1,715 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Blacé’s population changed by +20% since 2012, more than in 90% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +14%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Rhône town +10%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 65% of compared French towns, at 9.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Blacé 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly two in ten: 22% of residents are 65 or over. With a median age of 44.1, Blacé is older than just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Blacé, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% 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
The share of single-parent households is 8.9%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
5% of households have no car, fewer than in 88% 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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Blacé has 5.6%. The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing make up about one in 20 here (5%).
A median standard of living of €30,640 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,640 a year: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Only 11% of households are headed by a manual worker in Blacé
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
Fewer households headed by a retired person than in 58% of compared French towns: 31%. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of 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”.
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.
Foreign nationals make up 2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Blacé ranks below 91% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
Here 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Blacé, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 82% 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
Here 38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,715 to 2,582 people), the 16th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Blacé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacé | 44.1 | 22% | 5.2% | 3% |
| Arnas 4,601 · 3.3 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 1.3% | 6.9% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reneins 4,677 · 3.7 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| Gleizé 8,035 · 3.9 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1% | 12% |
| Porte des Pierres Dorées 4,185 · 4.9 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 2.6% | 5% |
| Villefranche-sur-Saône 36,172 · 4.9 mi | 38.5 | 20% | 2.2% | 18% |
| Limas 4,750 · 5.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1% | 9.8% |
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 Blacé
What is the population of Blacé?
1,715 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (1,430).
How old are Blacé’s residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 51% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blacé?
39, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blacé?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blacé?
€30,640 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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