In Chabeuil, 5.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns
With households headed by a manager or professional at 16%, Chabeuil is ahead of 80% of compared French towns on that count. This Drôme town had 6,833 residents in 3,040 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households in social housing at 8.2% locally. Half of the town’s residents are over 46.9, older than in 69% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 67% 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 those years, the median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 71% of compared French towns, at 9.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chabeuil 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Chabeuil, 31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 70% 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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. Higher than in 62% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Here just over a quarter of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of flats than 65% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. Higher than in 64% of compared French towns: 8% of homes stand empty. There is little gap on second homes: 2.8%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €28,090 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 €28,090 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 72% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 9.0%.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 74% of compared French towns, at 10%
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
35% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.5% in Chabeuil, less than in 78% 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.
With foreign nationals at 1.7%, Chabeuil is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 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.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 41%, a higher share than 82% 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
14% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 6,760 to 6,905 people: this is the 13th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Merville is the youngest (36.9); Nyons the oldest (60.6).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Chabeuil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chabeuil | 46.9 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Montélier 4,323 · 2.1 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 0.7% | 4.1% |
| Malissard 3,294 · 2.9 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 1.5% | 4.1% |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence 4,337 · 4.5 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence 6,176 · 5 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 0.9% | 7.3% |
| Alixan 2,729 · 5 mi | 39.7 | 15% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
| Montmeyran 2,960 · 5.4 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 3% |
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 Chabeuil
What is the population of Chabeuil?
6,833 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (6,784).
How old are Chabeuil’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chabeuil?
94, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chabeuil?
INSEE counts 240 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chabeuil?
€28,090 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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