A median age of 35.5: Chevry is younger than 95% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of households have no car here. Census day 2023: 2,372 residents and 930 households in Chevry. Locally, 44% of homes are flats. The town has fewer one-person households than 82% of compared French towns, at 29%.
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 Chevry
Immigrants
INSEE counts 600 immigrants in Chevry (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 25% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Ain. 22% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Growing fast
Chevry had 1,333 residents at the 2012 census and 2,372 in 2023, up 78%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Chevry’s residents are under 35.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 8.3% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Chevry has grown +78%, faster than 99% 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 +36%, and from 2017 to 2023 +31%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
8.3% of residents are 65 or over, below 99% 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
■ Chevry 35.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.9% of residents are 15 to 24 here. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Chevry: 36% of households are couples with children, above 95% 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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.5 people. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 78% of compared French towns: 12% of households are single parents.
5.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 85% 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
The figure for second homes is 4.3% in Chevry and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 9.2% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 16% moved in within the last two years. Fewer empty homes than in 58% of compared French towns: 6.1%. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Standard of living at the median: €51,490 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €51,490 a year: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 10.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns, at 12%
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: 26% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. About one in eight: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Chevry (13%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
25% of residents are immigrants, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Chevry comes in at 22%. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Chevry sits above 90% of compared French towns for married residents (50%)
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Chevry has 23%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
More graduates of higher education than 93% of compared French towns: 51%
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 Chevry, one in ten adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 2,372 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Chevry (35.5), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Chevry
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevry | 35.5 | 8.3% | 4.3% | 25% |
| Ségny 2,941 · 1.7 mi | 34.8 | 11% | 4.7% | 30% |
| Ornex 5,082 · 2.4 mi | 37.9 | 12% | 4.8% | 38% |
| Saint-Genis-Pouilly 14,432 · 2.4 mi | 33.9 | 9% | 6.2% | 41% |
| Prévessin-Moëns 9,153 · 2.5 mi | 36.5 | 10% | 11% | 37% |
| Cessy 5,832 · 2.9 mi | 36.9 | 10% | 4.4% | 22% |
| Gex 13,627 · 3.6 mi | 35 | 10% | 6.2% | 23% |
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 Chevry
What is the population of Chevry?
2,372 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 78% more than in 2012 (1,333).
How old are Chevry’s residents?
The median age is 35.5, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 8.3% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chevry?
44, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chevry?
INSEE counts 600 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 25% of residents, and 520 foreign nationals (22%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chevry?
€51,490 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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