Pollionnay ranks above 96% of compared French towns on couples with children: 37%
24% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 2,958 residents and 1,140 households in Pollionnay. Households without a car make up about one in 30 here (3.3%). The median age locally is 41.1, lower than in 72% 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 Pollionnay
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 7.6% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Pollionnay had 2,151 residents at the 2012 census and 2,958 in 2023, up 38%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Pollionnay outgrew 98% of compared French towns: +38%
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
The change was +23% from 2012 to 2017 and +12% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Rhône town +10%.
8.4% of residents are 15 to 24, below 89% 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
■ Pollionnay 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a fifth of Pollionnay’s residents are 65 or older, against 19% in the median Rhône town and 22% in the median compared French town; 24% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Pollionnay ranks below 89% of compared French towns on one-person households: 27%
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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. 7.6% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 84% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 58% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Just over one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 15% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have so few empty homes: 6% here, fewer than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. By its share of flats (32%), Pollionnay is above 54% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €32,290 a year in 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 residents live in households above €32,290 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 92% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 7.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 90% of compared French towns, at 21%
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%; Pollionnay has 11%. Typically, 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).
Immigrants: 4%, a lower share than 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Pollionnay, 3.2%. The wider picture: 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.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Pollionnay
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
Married residents make up 44%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 10% of adults out of school have no qualification in Pollionnay
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
Here 46% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
3rd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,928 to 2,989
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Gorcy is the youngest (40.5); Vimoutiers the oldest (60.1).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Pollionnay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pollionnay | 41.1 | 19% | 2% | 4% |
| Grézieu-la-Varenne 6,472 · 1.9 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 1.5% | 6% |
| Vaugneray 6,304 · 2.3 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 2.5% | 3.3% |
| Marcy-l'Étoile 3,778 · 2.5 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 9% | 7.5% |
| Saint-Pierre-la-Palud 2,616 · 2.8 mi | 42.1 | 17% | 1.5% | 3% |
| Saint-Genis-les-Ollières 5,439 · 3.2 mi | 42 | 19% | 1% | 7.3% |
| Craponne 12,084 · 3.3 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1% | 6.6% |
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 Pollionnay
What is the population of Pollionnay?
2,958 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 38% more than in 2012 (2,151).
How old are Pollionnay’s residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pollionnay?
25, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pollionnay?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 94 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pollionnay?
€32,290 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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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