In Champagne, 2.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
19% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Fewer single-parent households than in 98% of compared French towns: 5.2%. Champagne counted 652 residents and 280 households at the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 14%.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Champagne outgrew 54% of compared French towns: +6%
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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ardèche town +4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, +9%.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 17% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Champagne 40.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 40.8, Champagne is younger than three quarters of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are couples with children, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Champagne has 30%. There are 2.3 people in the average household. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Champagne ranks above 79% of compared French towns on empty homes: 9.9%
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
2.7% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households in social housing at 11% in Champagne.
The median resident lives on €25,100 a year per consumption unit
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 residents live in households above €25,100 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 97% of compared French towns: 26%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Champagne has 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.3% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 59% 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.
Across Champagne, 5.6% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Champagne ranks above 71% of compared French towns on single residents: 28%
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: just over two fifths of the total. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Champagne ranks below 70% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Champagne. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 652 to 2,582
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Champagne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champagne | 40.8 | 17% | 2.7% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 1.8 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
| Chanas 2,706 · 3.1 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 3% | 11% |
| Anneyron 4,169 · 4.2 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 4.9 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 5.2 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne 4,606 · 5.2 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.7% | 11% |
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 Champagne
What is the population of Champagne?
652 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (617).
How old are Champagne’s residents?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champagne?
9, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champagne?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (5.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champagne?
€25,100 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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