Photo: Fred · CC BY-SA 4.0Households headed by a manager or professional make up 22% in Francheville, more than in 91% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 75% of compared French towns: 18%. Francheville had 15,604 residents in 6,280 households at the 2023 census. Empty homes account for 4.4%. Higher than in 84% of compared French towns: 60% of homes are flats.
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 Francheville
Many graduates
52% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 22% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Francheville grew +15% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 81% 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 +10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +10% in Rhône.
Half of Francheville is under 40.3, younger than 77% 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
■ Francheville 40.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Francheville, 12% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Francheville, 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 74% 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 typical household size is 2.4 people. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. 32% of households are one person living alone, or about one in three. More single-parent households than in 60% of compared French towns: 11%.
Households in social housing make up 17% in Francheville, more than in 67% 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
In the last two years, 9.1% of households moved in; at the other end, 15% have stayed 30 years or more. Lower than in 71% of compared French towns: 1.2% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Francheville comes in at 9.2%.
A median of €31,870 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of residents live in households above €31,870 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 91% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 9.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker: 5.9%, a lower share than 94% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 28%, below 73% of compared French towns. 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).
Immigrants: 10%, a higher share than 71% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Francheville, 6.7%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Francheville sits above 76% of compared French towns for single residents (29%)
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
Married residents: 42% of the total. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns, at 52%
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (13%), Francheville is below 85% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
14th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 15,157 to 16,079
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Montévrain (32.8), the youngest, and Biscarrosse (53.2), the oldest.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Francheville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francheville | 40.3 | 18% | 1.2% | 10% |
| Tassin-la-Demi-Lune 23,200 · 1.5 mi | 40.8 | 20% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon 21,692 · 1.5 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Craponne 12,084 · 1.9 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Lyon 5e 47,777 · 2.1 mi | 38.3 | 20% | 3.7% | 16% |
| Chaponost 9,382 · 2.2 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.7% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Genis-les-Ollières 5,439 · 2.2 mi | 42 | 19% | 1% | 7.3% |
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 Francheville
What is the population of Francheville?
15,604 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (13,599).
How old are Francheville’s residents?
The median age is 40.3, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Francheville?
83, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Francheville?
INSEE counts 1,600 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 1,040 foreign nationals (6.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Francheville?
€31,870 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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