Gleizé ranks above 85% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 24%
The share of empty homes is 8.9%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Gleizé’s 3,460 households held 8,035 residents at the 2023 Census. For Gleizé, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 36%. Flats are more common here than in 75% 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.
Faster growth than 54% of compared French towns: Gleizé changed by +6% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Rhône town +10%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, a higher share than 61% 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
■ Gleizé 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Gleizé sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over. With a median age of 43.9, Gleizé is younger than just over half of compared French towns.
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%.
Single-parent households: 11%, a higher share than 58% 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
Average household size: 2.3 people. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 55% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of one-person households here, 35%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Only 1% of homes are second homes in Gleizé
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, 14% of households moved in; at the other end, 21% have stayed 30 years or more. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 11%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
€26,470 a year: the median standard of living
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 Gleizé’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,470 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 55% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 15.0% of residents.
In Gleizé, 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 63% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Gleizé has 12%. Set beside that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Gleizé, 12% of residents are immigrants, more than in 78% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 8.7% in Gleizé. Set beside that, 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.
In Gleizé, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 73% 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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Gleizé (25%). The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 65% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 7,921 to 8,144 people: this is the 19th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Linas (33.8), the youngest, and Cavalaire-sur-Mer (57.1), the oldest.
Around Gleizé, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gleizé | 43.9 | 24% | 1% | 12% |
| Villefranche-sur-Saône 36,172 · 1.1 mi | 38.5 | 20% | 2.2% | 18% |
| Limas 4,750 · 1.3 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1% | 9.8% |
| Arnas 4,601 · 1.5 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 1.3% | 6.9% |
| Pommiers 2,618 · 2.6 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 3.5% | 3.2% |
| Porte des Pierres Dorées 4,185 · 2.9 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 2.6% | 5% |
| Jassans-Riottier 6,247 · 3 mi | 45 | 22% | 0.6% | 9% |
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 Gleizé
What is the population of Gleizé?
8,035 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (7,605).
How old are Gleizé’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gleizé?
37, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gleizé?
INSEE counts 980 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 700 foreign nationals (8.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gleizé?
€26,470 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% 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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