Chatte is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.7
By its share of households in social housing (5.9%), Chatte is below 82% of compared French towns. Locally, 29% of households are one person living alone. On flats, Chatte sits lower than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 13%. At the 2023 Census, 2,518 people lived here, in 1,120 households.
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 Chatte
An older town
Half of Chatte’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chatte’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 56% 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
Over those years, the median Isère town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 28% in Chatte, more than in 81% 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
■ Chatte 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Chatte, 8.6%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
12% of households are single parents, more than in 78% 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
Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
Households without a car: 6.6%, a lower share than 76% 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
With empty homes at 8%, Chatte is ahead of 64% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 31%. Second homes are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €26,220 a year in standard of living
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 €26,220 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 53% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 12.0%.
In Chatte, 39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 81% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Chatte has 5.5%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town. 15% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 83% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Isère has 8%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Across Chatte, 3.9% 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.
A lower share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns, at 18%
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, the share of married residents is 43%; Chatte has 51%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 64% of compared French towns: 22%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Chatte has 26%. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,507 to 2,584 people), the 12th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Chatte is younger than 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatte | 50.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Marcellin 7,700 · 1.9 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
| Vinay 4,438 · 7.8 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans 2,874 · 8.6 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 6.5% | 6% |
| Peyrins 2,613 · 12 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 4.1% | 3% |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe 3,424 · 12.1 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors 2,936 · 12.3 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 53% | 2.6% |
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 Chatte
What is the population of Chatte?
2,518 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (2,436).
How old are Chatte’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chatte?
29, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chatte?
INSEE counts 97 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chatte?
€26,220 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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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