In Sathonay-Village, 41% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of households have no car here. Put another way, about one in 27: 3.7% of homes stand empty. Sathonay-Village has fewer households headed by a retired person than just over four fifths of compared French towns, at 26%. At the 2023 Census Sathonay-Village was home to 2,412 people in 900 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 Sathonay-Village
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 6.1% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
57% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 28% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sathonay-Village grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 57% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Rhône town +10%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 67% of compared French towns, at 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sathonay-Village 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Sathonay-Village’s residents are over 45, older than in 57% of compared French towns. On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 22%, a lower share than 98% 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
In Sathonay-Village, 6.1% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Only 2.6% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Sathonay-Village
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
There is little gap on second homes: 1.2%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Flats: 18% of the total.
€38,510 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 Sathonay-Village’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €38,510 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 3.0% of residents.
Sathonay-Village sits above 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (28%)
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 5% in Sathonay-Village. The usual figure: 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).
Sathonay-Village ranks below 83% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.7%
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 share of immigrants is 4.1%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 73% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Sathonay-Village: 53% of residents 15 and over are married, above 97% 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
Single residents make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
In Sathonay-Village, 57% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 97% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Sathonay-Village, 8.1%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,412 to 2,582 people), the 20th 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Sathonay-Village is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sathonay-Village | 45 | 20% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Cailloux-sur-Fontaines 2,989 · 0.9 mi | 42.3 | 17% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Sathonay-Camp 7,019 · 1.1 mi | 35.7 | 14% | 0.8% | 8.7% |
| Fontaines-sur-Saône 6,957 · 1.2 mi | 41.1 | 22% | 0.8% | 9.3% |
| Fontaines-Saint-Martin 3,098 · 1.3 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.2% | 8.6% |
| Rillieux-la-Pape 31,389 · 1.7 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 0.6% | 22% |
| Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or 4,669 · 2.1 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 1.4% | 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 Sathonay-Village
What is the population of Sathonay-Village?
2,412 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (2,267).
How old are Sathonay-Village’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sathonay-Village?
12, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sathonay-Village?
INSEE counts 98 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sathonay-Village?
€38,510 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 3.0% 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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