40% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
The figure for households without a car is 2.1% in Chavannes and 11% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Chavannes was home to 768 people in 300 households. 3.5% of homes stand empty. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are common here: 15%, more than in 75% 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.
What stands out about the people of Chavannes
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 9.5% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Chavannes had 579 residents at the 2012 census and 768 in 2023, up 33%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Chavannes’ residents are under 37.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+33% since 2012, a pace 97% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +23%, and from 2017 to 2023 +8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Drôme town +8%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 12% 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
■ Chavannes 37.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Chavannes’s residents are under 37.8, younger than in 89% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Chavannes, 26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 91% 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 2.6 people each. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households make up 9.5%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.6%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Chavannes has 12%. About one in 67: that is how common second homes are in Chavannes (1.5%).
€26,620 a year is the median standard of living here
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 median standard of living in Chavannes is €26,620 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 86% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Chavannes has 10%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 80% of compared French towns: 3.3%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Chavannes, 2.7%. On average, 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.
A lower share of married residents than 71% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
Single residents: 24%, below 61% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 84% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Here 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Chavannes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chavannes | 37.8 | 12% | 1.5% | 3.3% |
| Mercurol-Veaunes 2,816 · 2.7 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 4.5% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse 4,193 · 3 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 4.5 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 5.3 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Peyrins 2,613 · 5.8 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 4.1% | 3% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Isère 4,281 · 6.5 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 6% | 3.3% |
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 Chavannes
What is the population of Chavannes?
768 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 33% more than in 2012 (579).
How old are Chavannes’ residents?
The median age is 37.8, younger than 89% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chavannes?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chavannes?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chavannes?
€26,620 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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