A town of second homes: 22% of its homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 680 residents in 290 households: that is Champis at the 2023 Census. Flats make up about one in 20 here (5.1%). By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.5%), Champis is below 88% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Champis
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 92 second homes and occasional dwellings in Champis, 22% of its 410 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Champis ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.8%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 9.3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 17%. Fewer empty homes than in 51% of compared French towns: 6.6%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%.
A +14% change since 2012: Champis grew faster than 80% 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
In two steps, +5% to 2017 and +9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Ardèche.
19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 74% 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
■ Champis 41.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Champis’s residents are under 41.9, younger than in 67% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Champis ranks above 80% of compared French towns on couples with children: 31%
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
The share of one-person households is 33%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Census figures put single-parent households at 10% in Champis.
At the median, €26,270 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €26,270 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 22%, a higher share than 91% 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of households are headed by a retired person in Champis. This Ardèche town has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 55% of compared French towns, at 8.6%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.5%, a lower share than 77% of compared French towns
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (3.2%), Champis is below 61% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 77% 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.
Champis sits above 83% of compared French towns for married residents (48%)
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
22% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Champis ranks below 79% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 34% in Champis and 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 680 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Champis
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champis | 41.9 | 19% | 22% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 4.3 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| Guilherand-Granges 11,235 · 6 mi | 49 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.3% |
| La Roche-de-Glun 3,569 · 6.4 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Pont-de-l'Isère 3,681 · 6.8 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 1.3% | 5.6% |
| Bourg-lès-Valence 19,992 · 7.1 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 1.1% | 11% |
| Charmes-sur-Rhône 3,143 · 7.3 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
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 Champis
What is the population of Champis?
680 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (595).
How old are Champis’ residents?
The median age is 41.9, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champis?
92, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champis?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champis?
€26,270 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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