Half of Vénissieux is under 34.4, younger than 97% of compared French towns
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 83% in Vénissieux. This Rhône town had 65,502 residents in 27,210 households at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households: 14% of the total. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 21% here, more than in 85% 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 Vénissieux
Immigrants
INSEE counts 18,600 immigrants in Vénissieux (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 28% of residents, against 8.2% for the median compared commune in Rhône. 22% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Vénissieux’s residents are under 34.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Social housing
41% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 27% rent privately and 31% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +7% change since 2012: Vénissieux grew faster than 59% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +8%, then −1% to 2023. Over those years, the median Rhône town changed +10% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 15% in Vénissieux, less than in 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
■ Vénissieux 34.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 14% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%.
One-person households make up 41% in Vénissieux, more than in 73% 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
27% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 14% are single parents with their children (10%). A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns, at 41%
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
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Vénissieux comes in at 31%. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town. 9% of homes stand empty. Fewer second homes than in 66% of compared French towns: 1.4%.
A median standard of living of €18,980 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €18,980 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 98% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 35.2% of residents are below the line.
24% of households are headed by a retired person, below 87% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 7.9%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vénissieux sits above 98% of compared French towns for immigrants (28%)
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 Vénissieux, just over a fifth of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Vénissieux ranks above 95% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 32%
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, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Vénissieux has 25%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 56,927 to 74,568 people
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 30.4 in Cergy to 50.3 in Cannes.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Vénissieux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vénissieux | 34.4 | 15% | 1.4% | 28% |
| Saint-Fons 19,285 · 0.9 mi | 34.1 | 14% | 0.7% | 31% |
| Lyon 8e 85,943 · 2 mi | 32.2 | 14% | 3.6% | 19% |
| Feyzin 10,304 · 2.6 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 1% | 19% |
| Bron 42,982 · 2.7 mi | 36.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 20% |
| Corbas 11,315 · 3 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.9% | 8.4% |
| Saint-Priest 49,229 · 3.1 mi | 37.4 | 17% | 1.1% | 20% |
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 Vénissieux
What is the population of Vénissieux?
65,502 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (61,183).
How old are Vénissieux’s residents?
The median age is 34.4, younger than 97% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vénissieux?
430, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vénissieux?
INSEE counts 18,620 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 28% of residents, and 14,330 foreign nationals (22%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vénissieux?
€18,980 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 35.2% 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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