A median age of 33.9: Pont-de-Chéruy is younger than 98% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 26%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 6,302 residents in Pont-de-Chéruy, living in 2,620 households. The census found that three in five homes are flats locally. Few places have as many empty homes: 9.9% here, more than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
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 Pont-de-Chéruy
A young town
Half of Pont-de-Chéruy’s residents are under 33.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,400 immigrants in Pont-de-Chéruy (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 22% of residents, against 8% for the median compared commune in Isère. 17% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Growing fast
Pont-de-Chéruy had 5,233 residents at the 2012 census and 6,302 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +20% since 2012, faster than 91% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Isère. Here the change came as +10% to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
15% of residents are 65 or over, below 92% 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
■ Pont-de-Chéruy 33.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 13% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In Pont-de-Chéruy, 39% of households are one person living alone, more 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
27% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 12% are single parents with their children (10%). Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people. Single-parent households are more common here than in 72% of compared French towns.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 8.7% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
Of all households, 18% moved in during the last two years and 11% have stayed three decades or more. 1.1% of homes are second homes, a lower share than in 78% of compared French towns. On average, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
€23,030 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 €23,030 a year: lower than in 81% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 17.0% of residents.
In Pont-de-Chéruy, 24% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 87% 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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 7.3% in Pont-de-Chéruy and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pont-de-Chéruy ranks above 94% of compared French towns on immigrants: 22%
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.
17% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 32%, a higher share than 84% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Pont-de-Chéruy, 40%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns, at 26%
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: 24%, below 71% of compared French towns. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 6,234 to 6,367 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.
Pont-de-Chéruy is the youngest (33.9); Fleurance the oldest (54.3).
Pont-de-Chéruy is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-de-Chéruy | 33.9 | 15% | 1.1% | 22% |
| Tignieu-Jameyzieu 8,031 · 0.9 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 1.4% | 10% |
| Chavanoz 5,126 · 1.1 mi | 37.1 | 14% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Charvieu-Chavagneux 10,547 · 1.2 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.5% | 13% |
| Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas 3,417 · 2.1 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
| Loyettes 3,554 · 2.5 mi | 37.5 | 15% | 1.8% | 7.3% |
| Villette-d'Anthon 5,268 · 3.8 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 8.9% | 5.6% |
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 Pont-de-Chéruy
What is the population of Pont-de-Chéruy?
6,302 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (5,233).
How old are Pont-de-Chéruy’s residents?
The median age is 33.9, younger than 98% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pont-de-Chéruy?
31, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pont-de-Chéruy?
INSEE counts 1,360 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 22% of residents, and 1,080 foreign nationals (17%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pont-de-Chéruy?
€23,030 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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