In Charchilla, 2.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
56% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8%, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns. Charchilla counted 302 residents and 140 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 13% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Jura 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 Charchilla
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Charchilla, 22% of its 200 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 83% 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 higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. 28% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.9% moved in within the last two years. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 7.3%.
Growth of +13% since 2012 puts Charchilla ahead of 78% 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 Jura town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Charchilla: 29% of residents are 65 or over, above 84% 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
■ Charchilla 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 48.4, Charchilla is older than just over three quarters of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Charchilla sits below 86% of compared French towns for single-parent households (7.4%)
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 Jura median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.1 people. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Locally, 22% of households are couples with children.
Standard of living at the median: €27,630 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.
At €27,630 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
Only 3.7% of households are headed by a manual worker in Charchilla
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Charchilla: 5.6% of residents are immigrants
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 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Jura has 7.6%. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.6% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals: 4.5%, near enough the figure 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.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 45% in Charchilla. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 13% of adults out of school have no qualification in Charchilla
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%; Charchilla has 33%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 302 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Charchilla, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charchilla | 48.4 | 29% | 22% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Claude 8,386 · 8.9 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 5.1% | 20% |
| Arbent 3,555 · 12.7 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 1% | 24% |
| Oyonnax 22,480 · 14.7 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 33% |
| Hauts de Bienne 5,032 · 15.1 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 6.8% | 20% |
| Bellignat 3,525 · 15.5 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.7% | 26% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 16.1 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
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 Charchilla
What is the population of Charchilla?
302 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (267).
How old are Charchilla’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charchilla?
44, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charchilla?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charchilla?
€27,630 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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