Chanoz-Châtenay: 42% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 989 residents and 370 households in Chanoz-Châtenay. For Chanoz-Châtenay, the census puts households without a car at 2.3%.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Chanoz-Châtenay
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 5.7% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Chanoz-Châtenay had 732 residents at the 2012 census and 989 in 2023, up 35%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Chanoz-Châtenay’s residents are under 37.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Chanoz-Châtenay has grown +35%, faster than 98% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +15%; 2017 to 2023, +17%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ain town +13%.
Younger than 91% of compared French towns: half of Chanoz-Châtenay is under 37.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chanoz-Châtenay 37.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 15% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 21% of households are one person living alone
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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.7 people on average. At 5.7%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 97% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.6%
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
3.9% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. Few places have so few flats: 3.6% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 4.7% of homes stand empty.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,380 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 €27,380 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 19% in Chanoz-Châtenay, more than in 78% 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 12%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 88% of compared French towns, at 1.4%
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 Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 79% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 29 here (3.4%). The wider picture: 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.
Chanoz-Châtenay sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (15%)
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: 51%, above 93% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 61% 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
Chanoz-Châtenay has fewer graduates of higher education than 52% of compared French towns, at 30%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
41 French towns of 989 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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.
Chanoz-Châtenay is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chanoz-Châtenay | 37.2 | 15% | 3.9% | 3.4% |
| Vonnas 3,255 · 3 mi | 45 | 25% | 2.3% | 7% |
| Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne 5,250 · 5.8 mi | 48.6 | 29% | 2.3% | 4.9% |
| Polliat 2,741 · 6.5 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg 6,160 · 8.1 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Péronnas 6,444 · 8.6 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.7% | 8.6% |
| Attignat 3,409 · 9.3 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
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 Chanoz-Châtenay
What is the population of Chanoz-Châtenay?
989 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% more than in 2012 (732).
How old are Chanoz-Châtenay’s residents?
The median age is 37.2, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chanoz-Châtenay?
16, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chanoz-Châtenay?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chanoz-Châtenay?
€27,380 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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