Genas sits below 97% of compared French towns for one-person households (23%)
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (24%), Genas is above 93% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Genas was home to 13,421 people in 5,450 households. 5.6% of households have no car. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 4%, fewer than in 88% 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 Genas
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 8.7% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 19% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +9% since 2012 puts Genas ahead of 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, +3% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +10% in Rhône.
Half of Genas is over 45.5, older than 60% 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
■ Genas 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over come to 21% in Genas, about two in ten. The town has more residents aged 15 to 24 than half of compared French towns, at 11%.
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%.
Genas sits above 89% of compared French towns for couples with children (34%)
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
Households average 2.4 people. Genas has fewer single-parent households than 71% of compared French towns, at 8.7%. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
6.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 77% 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
Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town. In Genas, 25% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.5%, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%.
Standard of living at the median: €35,100 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.
At €35,100 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 96% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 5.0%.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 93% of compared French towns: 6.4%
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
The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 32%. To put it in context, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 2.4% in Genas, less than in 73% 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 share of immigrants trails just over three fifths of compared French towns: 5.2%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Genas has 21%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 47% in Genas, more than in 90% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Genas. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (13,037 to 13,832 people), the 14th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 30.2 in Fleury-Mérogis to 61.8 in Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez.
No nearby town is as old as Genas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genas | 45.5 | 21% | 1.5% | 5.2% |
| Chassieu 11,208 · 1.9 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 0.5% | 9.9% |
| Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure 6,984 · 2.8 mi | 44.2 | 19% | 0.7% | 5.4% |
| Meyzieu 36,687 · 2.9 mi | 38.1 | 17% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Décines-Charpieu 29,877 · 3.4 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 1% | 18% |
| Pusignan 4,119 · 3.4 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 1.6% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Laurent-de-Mure 5,791 · 3.8 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 1.2% | 8.3% |
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 Genas
What is the population of Genas?
13,421 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (12,355).
How old are Genas’ residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Genas?
85, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Genas?
INSEE counts 700 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 330 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Genas?
€35,100 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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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