Oullins-Pierre-Bénite is younger than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 36.9
The share of households without a car tops 90% of compared French towns: 24%. Oullins-Pierre-Bénite is home to 38,168 residents in 17,960 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that nearly four in five homes are flats locally. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 86% 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 Oullins-Pierre-Bénite
A young town
Half of Oullins-Pierre-Bénite’s residents are under 36.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 18% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 5,800 immigrants in Oullins-Pierre-Bénite (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 8.2% for the median compared commune in Rhône. 12% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+6% since 2012, a pace 56% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +2%; the six to 2023, +4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 14%, a higher share than 92% 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
■ Oullins-Pierre-Bénite 36.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 17% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 80% of compared French towns: 43%
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
Just over one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household. At 23%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 60% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 15% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 16%. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. There is little gap on second homes: 1.7%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €26,200 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.
Half of Oullins-Pierre-Bénite’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,200 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 52% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 17.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 85% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
12% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 9.4% of 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).
More immigrants than 86% of compared French towns: 15%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 12% in Oullins-Pierre-Bénite and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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 Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, 33% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 88% 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
36% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 41% in Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, more than in 82% 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
Across Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
41 French towns of 35,825 to 40,761 people: this is the 16th 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.
Saint-Martin-d'Hères is the youngest (29.9); Saint-Raphaël the oldest (58.9).
Older than Oullins-Pierre-Bénite: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oullins-Pierre-Bénite | 36.9 | 17% | 1.7% | 15% |
| La Mulatière 6,534 · 1.1 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 1.8% | 17% |
| Saint-Genis-Laval 21,212 · 1.5 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 1.5% | 10% |
| Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon 21,692 · 2.1 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Saint-Fons 19,285 · 2.4 mi | 34.1 | 14% | 0.7% | 31% |
| Irigny 9,034 · 2.5 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 1.2% | 8.7% |
| Lyon 7e 88,326 · 2.7 mi | 30.4 | 11% | 6.4% | 16% |
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 Oullins-Pierre-Bénite
What is the population of Oullins-Pierre-Bénite?
38,168 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (35,967).
How old are Oullins-Pierre-Bénite’s residents?
The median age is 36.9, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Oullins-Pierre-Bénite?
340, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Oullins-Pierre-Bénite?
INSEE counts 5,830 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 4,410 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Oullins-Pierre-Bénite?
€26,200 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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