34% of households are couples with children, more than in 90% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Charmes-sur-Rhône comes in at 4.9%. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 15% locally. 16% of homes are flats, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns. Its 1,290 households held 3,143 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Charmes-sur-Rhône
Growing fast
Charmes-sur-Rhône had 2,534 residents at the 2012 census and 3,143 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 8.5% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Charmes-sur-Rhône’s population changed by +24% since 2012, more than in 93% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ardèche town +4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +16%; 2017 to 2023, +7%.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Charmes-sur-Rhône 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.5, Charmes-sur-Rhône is younger than 54% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. In Charmes-sur-Rhône, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 90% of compared French towns: 27%
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
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 8.5% in Charmes-sur-Rhône. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.4 people.
Fewer households in social housing than 56% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 19%. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM). Fewer empty homes than in 62% of compared French towns: 5.9%. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 2.4%.
Median standard of living: €27,780 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 €27,780 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 69% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
Households headed by a retired person make up 28% in Charmes-sur-Rhône, less than in 72% 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 manual worker: 13% of the total. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 76% of compared French towns: 3.6% of residents are immigrants
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals here. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over three quarters 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.
Single residents make up 21% in Charmes-sur-Rhône, less than in 88% of compared French towns
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: 47% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 11%, a lower share than 92% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Charmes-sur-Rhône has 35%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,120 to 3,167 people: this is the 13th 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.
Longperrier is the youngest (33.7); La Tranche-sur-Mer the oldest (64.6).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Charmes-sur-Rhône
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charmes-sur-Rhône | 43.5 | 21% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Portes-lès-Valence 10,477 · 2.1 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 9.8% |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône 5,468 · 3.2 mi | 43 | 20% | 2% | 4.4% |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône 4,854 · 4.8 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 1.7% | 10% |
| Guilherand-Granges 11,235 · 5 mi | 49 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 5.1 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence 4,337 · 5.3 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.1% |
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 Charmes-sur-Rhône
What is the population of Charmes-sur-Rhône?
3,143 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (2,534).
How old are Charmes-sur-Rhône’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charmes-sur-Rhône?
33, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charmes-sur-Rhône?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 69 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charmes-sur-Rhône?
€27,780 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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