37% of households are couples with children, more than in 96% of compared French towns
7.8% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Fewer households in social housing than in 84% of compared French towns: 5.4%. In 2023, the Census found 2,675 residents in Orliénas, living in 1,090 households. Put another way, about one in 33: 3% of households have no car.
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 Orliénas
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 6.4% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
52% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 20% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Orliénas outgrew 83% of compared French towns: +16%
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 change was +6%; from 2017 to 2023, +9%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Rhône town +10%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 17% in Orliénas, less than in 80% 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
■ Orliénas 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Orliénas’s residents are under 42.5, younger than in 62% of compared French towns. For Orliénas, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 25%, a lower share than 94% 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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 6.4% of households are single parents in Orliénas. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Only 21% of homes are flats in Orliénas
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
Turnover: 12% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 19% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 6.3% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 56% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.9%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €34,260 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 €34,260 a year: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 4.0%.
Orliénas ranks above 93% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 24%
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 figure for households headed by a retired person is 28% in Orliénas and 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Orliénas ranks below 79% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.3%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns: 8.5%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Orliénas has 52%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,641 to 2,709 people), the 10th 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.
Ages run from 34 in Roissy-en-France to 63.6 in Piriac-sur-Mer.
Orliénas and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
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 Orliénas
What is the population of Orliénas?
2,675 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (2,310).
How old are Orliénas’ residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orliénas?
23, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orliénas?
INSEE counts 89 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orliénas?
€34,260 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 4.0% 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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