Second homes: 21%, a higher share than 93% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker: 2.9% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The share of flats stands at 12%. Few places have so few households without a car: 6% here, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns. There were 150 households in Cholonge at the 2023 Census, home to 339 residents.
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 Cholonge
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cholonge, 21% of its 210 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 6.9% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cholonge: 9% of homes stand empty, above 73% 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
19% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 14% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Cholonge changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
The median Isère town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six +3%.
In Cholonge, 18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 75% 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
■ Cholonge 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Cholonge’s residents are over 45.2, older than in 58% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Locally, 9.8% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 93% of compared French towns, at 36%
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 average 2.3 people. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 6.9%, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €29,450 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,450 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 94% 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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Cholonge has 21%. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.5% of residents are immigrants, below 96% 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.
Here 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 89% of compared French towns
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
Here, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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
Here 42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Cholonge
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholonge | 45.2 | 18% | 21% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers 2,699 · 4.8 mi | 43 | 21% | 1.5% | 4% |
| Vizille 7,292 · 4.9 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.4% | 8% |
| Champ-sur-Drac 3,335 · 5.8 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 6.1% |
| Vif 8,530 · 6.7 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| La Mure 4,963 · 7 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 5.1% | 8.2% |
| Jarrie 3,952 · 7.2 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 4% |
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 Cholonge
What is the population of Cholonge?
339 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (332).
How old are Cholonge’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cholonge?
46, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cholonge?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cholonge?
€29,450 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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