A larger share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 97%
31% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Here, 11% of homes stand empty. With a median age of 40.8, Lyon 4e is younger than 74% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 34,752 residents in 17,700 households.
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 Lyon 4e
Many graduates
63% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 35% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Lyon 4e’s households are one person: higher than in 90% of compared French towns; 42% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lyon 4e had 36,240 residents at the 2012 census and 34,752 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −4% change since 2012: slower than 85% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Rhône town +10%. The first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, −3%.
13% of residents are 15 to 24, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lyon 4e 40.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 20%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
48% of households are one person living alone, more than in 90% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 20% of households are couples with children here. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Locally, 8.6% of households are single parents.
A larger share of households without a car than 97% of compared French towns: 35%
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
4.9% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Of all households, 14% moved in during the last two years and 12% have stayed three decades or more. The census found that 13% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Lyon 4e. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%.
Median standard of living: €32,010 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 €32,010 a year: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 11.8%.
4.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 97% 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
25% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Set beside that, 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: 8.7%, a higher share than 64% 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: 6%, above 64% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
Lyon 4e ranks below 95% of compared French towns on married residents: 33%
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
34% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Lyon 4e, 63% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 98% 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
Adults with no qualification: 9.8% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Creil (31.8), the oldest Saint-Raphaël (58.9).
Older than Lyon 4e: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Lyon 4e
What is the population of Lyon 4e?
34,752 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (36,240).
How old are Lyon 4e’s residents?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lyon 4e?
1,040, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lyon 4e?
INSEE counts 3,040 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.7% of residents, and 2,090 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lyon 4e?
€32,010 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.8% 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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