26% of homes in Chorges are second homes
Half of Chorges’s residents are over 48.4, older than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. This Hautes-Alpes town had 3,146 residents in 1,560 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children come to 19% in the town, about two in ten. Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Chorges has 10%.
Throughout this page, the Hautes-Alpes 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 Chorges
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 610 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chorges, 26% of its 2,310 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 43% 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.
Chorges: 40% of homes are flats, above 64% 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
Households without a car: 8.8% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Locally, one in ten households rent social housing (HLM). Few places have so few empty homes: 5.7% here, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns.
Faster growth than 83% of compared French towns: Chorges changed by +16% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Hautes-Alpes town, the change came in two steps: +10% from 2012 to 2017, then +6% to 2023.
In Chorges, 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 87% 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
■ Chorges 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Here a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Alpes 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Chorges, 40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 69% 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 Hautes-Alpes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2 people on average. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Chorges sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,210 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.
At €26,210 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 52% of compared French towns. 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 80% of compared French towns: 39%
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 manager or professional make up 7.5%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 32% 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).
Chorges ranks below 66% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.7%
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.
3.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Hautes-Alpes has 7.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. 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.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 71% 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
Single residents: a quarter of the total. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 77% of compared French towns: 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Chorges has 36%. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,122 to 3,169 people), the 19th 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).
Chorges and its 3 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chorges | 48.4 | 25% | 26% | 4.7% |
| La Bâtie-Neuve 2,628 · 4 mi | 43.7 | 19% | 7.6% | 3.8% |
| Gap 41,293 · 10.2 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 4% | 9.1% |
| Embrun 6,412 · 10.4 mi | 53.4 | 33% | 36% | 7% |
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 Chorges
What is the population of Chorges?
3,146 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (2,714).
How old are Chorges’ residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chorges?
610, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chorges?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chorges?
€26,210 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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