27% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 90% of compared French towns
With a median age of 39.6, Feyzin is younger than 81% of compared French towns. Flats account for 57%. The town had 10,304 residents in 4,270 households at the 2023 census. In Feyzin, 29% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town.
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 Feyzin
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,900 immigrants in Feyzin (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 19% of residents, against 8.2% for the median compared commune in Rhône. 13% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 69% of compared French towns: Feyzin changed by +10% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +10% for the median Rhône town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
Feyzin ranks below 77% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Feyzin 39.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Feyzin sits above 87% of compared French towns for single-parent households (13%)
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
Average household size: 2.4 people. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 35% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns.
Above 64% of compared French towns: 14% of households have no car
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
Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 5.9%. 1% of homes are second homes, a lower share than in 79% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 17%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,400 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 €24,400 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns. Some 19.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Feyzin ranks below 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 27%
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
17% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 8.7%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Feyzin: 19% of residents are immigrants, above 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.
Foreign nationals: 13%, above 90% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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.
Feyzin: 30% of residents 15 and over are single, above 80% 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
In Feyzin, 44% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 77% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 27%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (10,140 to 10,477 people), the 8th 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.
Serris is the youngest (33.5); Fouesnant the oldest (57).
Feyzin is younger than 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feyzin | 39.6 | 18% | 1% | 19% |
| Corbas 11,315 · 1.9 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.9% | 8.4% |
| Irigny 9,034 · 1.9 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 1.2% | 8.7% |
| Solaize 3,144 · 2.2 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 0.5% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Fons 19,285 · 2.4 mi | 34.1 | 14% | 0.7% | 31% |
| Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon 6,186 · 2.5 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 1.1% | 7.5% |
| Vénissieux 65,502 · 2.6 mi | 34.4 | 15% | 1.4% | 28% |
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 Feyzin
What is the population of Feyzin?
10,304 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (9,370).
How old are Feyzin’s residents?
The median age is 39.6, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Feyzin?
48, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Feyzin?
INSEE counts 1,910 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 19% of residents, and 1,360 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Feyzin?
€24,400 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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