Charols sits below 97% of compared French towns for flats (4.1%)
2.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. One-person households: just over a quarter of the total. At 3.9%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 94% of compared French towns. Charols counted 965 residents and 380 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
What stands out about the people of Charols
Growing fast
Charols had 821 residents at the 2012 census and 965 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Charols has grown +18%, faster than 87% 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
The median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +12% and the next six +5%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 72% of compared French towns: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Charols 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9%, below just over four fifths of compared French towns. On top of that, the median age in Charols is 43.8, lower than in 52% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Charols, 6.4% of households are single parents, fewer than in 94% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Charols comes in at 32%. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents. Households here average 2.4 people each.
Charols: 7.7% of homes are second homes, above 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
Of all households, 11% moved in during the last two years and 9.2% have stayed three decades or more. Charols has fewer empty homes than 55% of compared French towns, at 6.3%. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,680 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 €24,680 a year: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 84% 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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 13% in Charols. More households headed by a retired person than in 51% of compared French towns: 33%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 70% of compared French towns: 4.3% 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.
Charols has fewer foreign nationals than nearly three fifths of compared French towns, at 3.4%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Charols ranks below 91% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
48% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (33%), Charols is above 62% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 965 to 2,582 people, the 16th 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).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Charols are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charols | 43.8 | 26% | 7.7% | 4.3% |
| Dieulefit 3,289 · 7.1 mi | 58 | 39% | 18% | 7.2% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 7.6 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Aouste-sur-Sye 2,733 · 10.1 mi | 46 | 24% | 3.7% | 4% |
| Crest 8,658 · 10.2 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 3.9% | 6.5% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 10.2 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
| Montélimar 40,595 · 10.3 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
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 Charols
What is the population of Charols?
965 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (821).
How old are Charols’ residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charols?
34, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charols?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charols?
€24,680 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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