Couples with children make up 36% in Ternay, more than in 95% of compared French towns
The figure for households without a car is 5.4% in Ternay and 11% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 2,230 households held 5,596 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Ternay, nearly a fifth of homes are flats. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 73% 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 Ternay
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 8.3% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ternay changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, behind 52% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +10% in Rhône. Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Half of Ternay is under 42.7, younger than 61% 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
■ Ternay 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20%, below 65% of compared French towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 97% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Single-parent households make up 8.3%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Ternay sits below 90% of compared French towns for second homes (0.7%)
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
Households in social housing make up 10%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. 5.4% of homes stand empty. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €30,520 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.
At €30,520 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 87% of compared French towns. 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Ternay: 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 74% of compared French towns
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
A third of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. On average, 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).
Ternay: 6.8% of residents are immigrants
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 median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 52% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up about one in 29 here (3.4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 54% in Ternay, more than in 98% 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
With single residents at 21%, Ternay is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 68% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Ternay has 17%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Le Port-Marly is the youngest (37.4); Montval-sur-Loir the oldest (55.8).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Ternay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ternay | 42.7 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Communay 4,540 · 1.2 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 0.9% | 5.5% |
| Grigny-sur-Rhône 10,030 · 1.3 mi | 36.8 | 15% | 0.6% | 13% |
| Chasse-sur-Rhône 6,588 · 1.5 mi | 36.3 | 16% | 0.8% | 14% |
| Sérézin-du-Rhône 3,133 · 1.8 mi | 38.5 | 18% | 0.4% | 6.4% |
| Givors 21,379 · 2.2 mi | 37.6 | 17% | 0.9% | 24% |
| Millery 4,299 · 2.4 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 0.7% | 4.6% |
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 Ternay
What is the population of Ternay?
5,596 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (5,365).
How old are Ternay’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ternay?
17, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ternay?
INSEE counts 380 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 190 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ternay?
€30,520 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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