Half of Chantepérier is over 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 213 residents in Chantepérier, living in 110 households. Flats: 5.3% of the total. The figure for households headed by a retired person is 47% in Chantepérier and 32% in the typical compared French town.
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 Chantepérier
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chantepérier, 53% of its 300 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Chantepérier’s residents are under 60.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chantepérier had 225 residents at the 2012 census and 213 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 53% of homes are second homes
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 29%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. By its share of households without a car (5.2%), Chantepérier is below 87% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 89% of compared French towns grew faster than Chantepérier: −5%
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 Isère town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −10% and the next six +5%.
4.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Chantepérier 60.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 97% of compared French towns: 38%. 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: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 13%, a lower share than 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 Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 1.9 people share a household. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Chantepérier has more one-person households than 64% of compared French towns, at 39%.
A median of €25,020 a year per consumption unit
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 €25,020 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 31% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
8.1% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 68% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Isère has 8%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. For Chantepérier, the census puts immigrants at 9.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 56% in Chantepérier, more than in 99% 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: 18%, below 98% of compared French towns. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification: 23%, a higher share than 69% 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
In Chantepérier, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 213 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Chantepérier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantepérier | 60.5 | 38% | 53% | 9.6% |
| Le Bourg-d'Oisans 2,617 · 7.9 mi | 52.4 | 28% | 32% | 5.4% |
| La Mure 4,963 · 9.2 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 5.1% | 8.2% |
| Vizille 7,292 · 12.4 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.4% | 8% |
| Vaulnaveys-le-Haut 4,006 · 13.5 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 4.8% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers 2,699 · 13.7 mi | 43 | 21% | 1.5% | 4% |
| Champ-sur-Drac 3,335 · 14.1 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 6.1% |
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 Chantepérier
What is the population of Chantepérier?
213 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (225).
How old are Chantepérier’s residents?
The median age is 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chantepérier?
160, with occasional dwellings: 53% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chantepérier?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.6% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (8.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chantepérier?
€25,020 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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