Couples with children make up 33% in Chapareillan, more than in 88% of compared French towns
By its share of households in social housing (6.8%), Chapareillan is below 78% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 3,065 people lived locally, in 1,330 households. Here, 5.3% of households have no car. Few places have as many households headed by a manager or professional: 15% here, more than in just over three quarters 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.
Since 2012, Chapareillan has grown +6%, faster than 55% 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 +4%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Isère town +7%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 71% 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
■ Chapareillan 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Chapareillan’s residents are under 42.1, younger than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 81% of compared French towns, at 7.9%
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
By its share of one-person households (32%), Chapareillan is below 67% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
In Chapareillan, 20% of homes are flats, fewer than in 68% 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
3.5% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. Empty homes make up about one in 15 here (6.5%). In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%.
A median standard of living of €29,940 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.
Half of Chapareillan’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,940 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 84% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
In Chapareillan, 29% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 69% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 16%, Chapareillan is ahead of 61% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 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).
4.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.2%, below just over three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Chapareillan
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
Married residents: 46% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns: 42%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Chapareillan comes in at 13%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 3,037 to 3,089 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Pont-à-Vendin is the youngest (35.9); Breuillet the oldest (62.5).
Chapareillan is younger than 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapareillan | 42.1 | 19% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Porte-de-Savoie 3,974 · 2.3 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 5.5% | 4.2% |
| Pontcharra 7,350 · 2.9 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 1.8% | 8.8% |
| Montmélian 4,024 · 4.2 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 1.8% | 16% |
| Saint-Baldoph 2,949 · 4.8 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 5.5% |
| Challes-les-Eaux 5,630 · 5.6 mi | 47.2 | 23% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
| Valgelon-La Rochette 4,207 · 6.4 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
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 Chapareillan
What is the population of Chapareillan?
3,065 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (2,891).
How old are Chapareillan’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chapareillan?
52, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chapareillan?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 67 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chapareillan?
€29,940 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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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