Fewer flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.2%
One-person households make up 24%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 30: 3.3% of households have no car. Few places have so few households in social housing: 3.6% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. Charancieu’s 310 households held 738 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Charancieu
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 1.6% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Charancieu has changed by +2%, slower than 61% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then −5% to 2023.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 8.5% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Charancieu 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Charancieu’s residents are over 46.8, older than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over come to 20% here, about two in ten.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Charancieu sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (1.6%)
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
The average household has 2.4 people. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. More couples with children than in 90% of compared French towns: 34%.
Charancieu ranks above 78% of compared French towns on second homes: 5.2%
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
Empty homes make up about one in 15 here (6.6%). The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,120 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,120 a year: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 87% of compared French towns: 21%
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: 11%, above 60% of compared French towns. Few places have so few households headed by a retired person: 29% here, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Charancieu ranks below 88% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.4%
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.
By its share of immigrants (3.5%), Charancieu is below 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 54%
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Charancieu, 20%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 63% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Graduates of higher education account for 31%. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (738 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Charancieu is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charancieu | 46.8 | 20% | 5.2% | 3.5% |
| Les Abrets en Dauphiné 6,850 · 1 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Saint-André-le-Gaz 2,754 · 3.1 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 3.4% | 5.4% |
| Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin 3,602 · 4.1 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 8% |
| Villages du Lac de Paladru 2,598 · 4.5 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 15% | 3.5% |
| Aoste 2,876 · 5.1 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 2.1% | 7.9% |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour 3,628 · 5.9 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
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 Charancieu
What is the population of Charancieu?
738 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (723).
How old are Charancieu’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charancieu?
18, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charancieu?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charancieu?
€28,120 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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