11% of homes in Charavines are second homes
By its share of households without a car (4.5%), Charavines is below 92% of compared French towns. Few places have as many single-parent households: 13% here, more than in 83% of compared French towns. Its 880 households held 2,003 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 9.1% here.
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 Charavines
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Charavines, 11% of its 1,080 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 77% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 65% of compared French towns: 9.1%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Charavines comes in at 25%. Census figures put empty homes at 7.5% locally. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Charavines grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 69% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +6%; 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Isère town +7%.
Charavines sits below 68% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (19%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Charavines 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Charavines’s residents are under 43.5, younger than in 54% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In Charavines, 32% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 67% 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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Charavines has more couples with children than three fifths of compared French towns, at 27%.
€28,190 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €28,190 a year: higher than in 72% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 7.0%.
14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 72% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
A third of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. Typically, 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).
Immigrants make up 4.7% in Charavines, less than in 66% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.8%), Charavines is below 67% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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 85% of compared French towns, at 48%
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
The figure for single residents is 22% in Charavines and 25% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Charavines ranks below 79% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
36% of Charavines’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 14% have no diploma (19%).
41 French towns of 2,003 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Charavines
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charavines | 43.5 | 19% | 11% | 4.7% |
| Chirens 2,546 · 1.9 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 2.9% | 5.8% |
| Apprieu 3,615 · 2.3 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 2% | 5.1% |
| Villages du Lac de Paladru 2,598 · 3 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 15% | 3.5% |
| Le Grand-Lemps 3,083 · 5.1 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 2.6% | 8.3% |
| Rives 6,549 · 5.2 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1.7% | 9.6% |
| Voiron 21,847 · 5.3 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 11% |
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 Charavines
What is the population of Charavines?
2,003 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,823).
How old are Charavines’ residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charavines?
110, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charavines?
INSEE counts 95 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charavines?
€28,190 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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