More single-parent households than 84% of compared French towns: 13%
Here 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. At 5.1%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 72% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 3,335 residents in 1,480 households. 7% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Isère 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.
Champ-sur-Drac grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 62% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −3%; from 2017 to 2023, +11%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Isère town +7%.
Champ-sur-Drac is older than 56% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Champ-sur-Drac 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.8% in Champ-sur-Drac and 11% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 74% of compared French towns: 31%
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 Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are more common here than in 69% of compared French towns.
Champ-sur-Drac ranks above 53% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 13%
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
Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households in social housing make up 12% in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes stands at 1.2%.
€28,200 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €28,200 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 72% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 6.0% of residents are below the line.
Champ-sur-Drac sits below 59% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (8%)
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
Put another way, about one in three: a third of households are headed by a retired person. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional 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 foreign nationals than 76% of compared French towns: 2.2%
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.
The median compared commune in Isère has 8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up about one in 16 here (6.1%).
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 Champ-sur-Drac, less than in 85% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Champ-sur-Drac has 47%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 62% 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
Adults with no qualification: 20% of the total. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,302 to 3,360 people, the 20th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Saint-Maximin (36.4), the youngest, and Roscoff (61.5), the oldest.
Champ-sur-Drac is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champ-sur-Drac | 44.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 6.1% |
| Vizille 7,292 · 2 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.4% | 8% |
| Jarrie 3,952 · 2.1 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 4% |
| Varces-Allières-et-Risset 8,542 · 2.7 mi | 35.8 | 15% | 1.4% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers 2,699 · 3.1 mi | 43 | 21% | 1.5% | 4% |
| Vif 8,530 · 3.4 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Claix 7,836 · 4 mi | 47.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 5.2% |
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 Champ-sur-Drac
What is the population of Champ-sur-Drac?
3,335 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (3,097).
How old are Champ-sur-Drac’s residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champ-sur-Drac?
20, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champ-sur-Drac?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 73 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champ-sur-Drac?
€28,200 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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