2.5% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional: 4.9%, below 87% of compared French towns. On the census count, nearly a third of households are couples with children. 5.7% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 79% of compared French towns. Chimilin’s 600 households held 1,417 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.
+1% since 2012: slower than 64% 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%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then −2% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 81% of compared French towns, at 9.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chimilin 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Half of Chimilin’s residents are under 43.7, younger than in 52% of compared French towns. Typically, 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%.
28% of households are one person living alone, below 86% 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
Households here average 2.4 people each. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Chimilin has fewer single-parent households than 55% of compared French towns, at 9.7%.
Chimilin ranks below 83% of compared French towns on flats: 12%
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
7.1% of households moved in less than two years ago; 20% have been in their home 30 years or more. On empty homes, Chimilin sits higher than 52% of compared French towns: 6.9%.
Standard of living at the median: €27,190 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 residents live in households above €27,190 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
More 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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 34% in Chimilin. Set beside that, 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).
3.7% of residents are immigrants, below 76% 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.
The median compared commune in Isère has 8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. About one in 40: that is how common foreign nationals are in Chimilin (2.5%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Chimilin
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%, above 71% of compared French towns. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Chimilin, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 57% 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
Put another way, about one in six: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 15th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,417 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Chimilin is younger than 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chimilin | 43.7 | 20% | 5.7% | 3.7% |
| Aoste 2,876 · 1.8 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 2.1% | 7.9% |
| Les Abrets en Dauphiné 6,850 · 2.5 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Genix-les-Villages 3,095 · 3.5 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 6.5% | 4.4% |
| Saint-André-le-Gaz 2,754 · 3.6 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 3.4% | 5.4% |
| Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin 7,698 · 4.6 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 5.3% | 5.6% |
| Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin 3,602 · 4.7 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 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 Chimilin
What is the population of Chimilin?
1,417 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (1,399).
How old are Chimilin’s residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chimilin?
39, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chimilin?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chimilin?
€27,190 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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