A larger share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.7%, below 94% of compared French towns. Frontenas counted 915 residents and 350 households at the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 7%. More households headed by a retired person than in 86% of compared French towns: 41%.
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 Frontenas
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 5.9% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 76% of compared French towns: Frontenas changed by +13% 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
In two steps, ±0% to 2017 and +12% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +10% in Rhône.
Younger than 72% of compared French towns: half of Frontenas is under 41.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Frontenas 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Frontenas.
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%.
22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% 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 2.5 people. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The share of single-parent households stands at 5.9%.
Households without a car make up 1.8% in Frontenas, less than in 99% 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 typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM); in Frontenas, 3.2%. Few places have so few empty homes: 4% here, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%. Here, 4.3% of homes are second homes.
A typical living standard of €30,480 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 €30,480 a year: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Frontenas ranks below 90% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 7.3%
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 manager or professional make up 12%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Frontenas sits below 69% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.4%)
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.
Here, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals. 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.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Frontenas
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
53% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 11% of adults out of school have no qualification in Frontenas
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: 40%, above 79% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 915 to 2,582 people: this is the 6th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Frontenas: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontenas | 41.2 | 20% | 4.3% | 4.4% |
| Val d'Oingt 4,117 · 2.5 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 4.9% | 2.8% |
| Porte des Pierres Dorées 4,185 · 3.2 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 2.6% | 5% |
| Pommiers 2,618 · 3.7 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 3.5% | 3.2% |
| Anse 8,206 · 4 mi | 38 | 16% | 1.4% | 8.5% |
| Chazay-d'Azergues 4,410 · 5 mi | 43 | 20% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| 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 Frontenas
What is the population of Frontenas?
915 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (812).
How old are Frontenas’ residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Frontenas?
16, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Frontenas?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Frontenas?
€30,480 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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