Taponas ranks above 98% of compared French towns on couples with children: 39%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car stands at 1.6%. The 2023 Census counted 914 residents in 370 households. Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Taponas comes in at 16%.
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 Taponas
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 4.2% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Taponas changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 77% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +10% for the median Rhône town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
Taponas is younger than 50% of compared French towns: a median age of 44
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Taponas 44. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 24% of households are one person living alone in Taponas
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
Households here average 2.5 people each. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
6.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Taponas, 3.5%. On average, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 53: 1.9% of homes are second homes.
€28,270 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 Taponas’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,270 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Taponas sits above 93% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (23%)
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
Here a quarter of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%. For Taponas, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 8.3%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 61% of compared French towns, at 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.
Immigrants make up about one in 14 here (7.4%). That is higher than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% 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.
Taponas ranks above 98% of compared French towns on married residents: 54%
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
The figure for single residents is 20% in Taponas and 25% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (914 to 2,582 people), 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Taponas and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taponas | 44 | 16% | 1.9% | 7.4% |
| Belleville-en-Beaujolais 14,016 · 1.4 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 1.2% | 11% |
| Montmerle-sur-Saône 3,799 · 2.7 mi | 46 | 23% | 1.9% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne 2,934 · 4.7 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reneins 4,677 · 4.9 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay 4,018 · 6.2 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 3.1% | 4.4% |
| Fareins 2,533 · 7.1 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 5.1% | 3.3% |
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 Taponas
What is the population of Taponas?
914 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (930).
How old are Taponas’ residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taponas?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taponas?
INSEE counts 68 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Taponas?
€28,270 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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