A larger share of couples with children than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Champagnier. This Isère town is home to 1,557 residents in 620 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that 2.8% of households have no car locally. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Champagnier
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 6.7% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
56% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 28% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Growing fast
Champagnier had 1,278 residents at the 2012 census and 1,557 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+22% since 2012, a pace 92% 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 −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +27%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Isère town +7%.
In Champagnier, 20% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 65% 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
■ Champagnier 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.6% in Champagnier and 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are under 43.8, younger than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Each household has 2.5 people on average. 6.7% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 92% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer flats than 80% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Just over one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have so few empty homes: 5% here, fewer than in three quarters of compared French towns. On second homes, 1.7% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €36,400 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 €36,400 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 89% of compared French towns: 7.5%
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
About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Champagnier (32%). For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Champagnier ranks below 70% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 2.6%
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, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Champagnier, 5.5%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Isère has 8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
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 single residents than 93% of compared French towns, at 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Champagnier has 50%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Champagnier, 7.8% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
56% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,557 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Champagnier is younger than 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champagnier | 43.8 | 20% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| Jarrie 3,952 · 1.3 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 4% |
| Le Pont-de-Claix 10,956 · 1.8 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 0.8% | 21% |
| Claix 7,836 · 2.4 mi | 47.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 5.2% |
| Champ-sur-Drac 3,335 · 2.5 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 6.1% |
| Échirolles 37,491 · 2.5 mi | 38.8 | 19% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Varces-Allières-et-Risset 8,542 · 2.6 mi | 35.8 | 15% | 1.4% | 5.5% |
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 Champagnier
What is the population of Champagnier?
1,557 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (1,278).
How old are Champagnier’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champagnier?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champagnier?
INSEE counts 86 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champagnier?
€36,400 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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