Above 98% of compared French towns: 17% of residents are 15 to 24
Households headed by a manager or professional: 20% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 78% of homes are flats. On empty homes, Écully sits higher than 77% of compared French towns: 9.6%. At the 2023 Census Écully was home to 17,944 people in 8,000 households.
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 Écully
Many graduates
54% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 28% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Écully changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 65% 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
In two steps, +4% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +10% in Rhône.
Écully sits above 65% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (25%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Écully 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Écully is 43.5, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
43% of households are one person living alone, more than in 80% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Fewer couples with children than in two thirds of compared French towns: 22%. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: 9.5%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Écully sits above 72% of compared French towns for households without a car (16%)
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
Households in social housing: 17%, above 70% of compared French towns. 2.8% of homes are second homes. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%.
Standard of living at the median: €32,840 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.
Living standards centre on €32,840 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 14.0% of residents.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 95% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 34% of households are headed by a retired person in Écully. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
12% of residents are immigrants, more than in 77% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 8.9% in Écully and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Écully ranks above 83% of compared French towns on single residents: 31%
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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in Écully. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 54% in Écully, more 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
14% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 17th oldest of 41 French towns of 17,325 to 18,582 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.
The youngest is Moissy-Cramayel (33.2), the oldest Sanary-sur-Mer (59.7).
Older than Écully: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Écully | 43.5 | 25% | 2.8% | 12% |
| Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or 6,311 · 1.2 mi | 40.2 | 21% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Lyon 9e 53,567 · 1.4 mi | 33.7 | 14% | 4.7% | 19% |
| Tassin-la-Demi-Lune 23,200 · 1.4 mi | 40.8 | 20% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Charbonnières-les-Bains 5,383 · 1.7 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.6% | 7.4% |
| Lyon 5e 47,777 · 2 mi | 38.3 | 20% | 3.7% | 16% |
| Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or 7,435 · 2.3 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 2.9% | 5.4% |
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 Écully
What is the population of Écully?
17,944 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (17,742).
How old are Écully’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Écully?
260, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Écully?
INSEE counts 2,090 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 1,600 foreign nationals (8.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Écully?
€32,840 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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