Photo: Jmh2o · CC BY-SA 3.0Chabanière ranks below 95% of compared French towns on one-person households: 25%
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 75% of compared French towns: 15%. The 2023 Census counted 4,323 residents in 1,800 households. Households in social housing account for 6%. Chabanière has fewer flats than four fifths of compared French towns, at 14%.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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.
A growing town: +7% since 2012, faster than 59% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Rhône town +10%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, below 71% 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
■ Chabanière 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Chabanière is 42.8, lower than in three fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.3%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 86% of compared French towns: 33%
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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 8.7% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Households here average 2.4 people each.
Households without a car make up 4.3% in Chabanière, less than in 93% 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
9.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more. Higher than in 55% of compared French towns: 2.5% of homes are second homes. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up 6.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €29,310 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 €29,310 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 80% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 7.0%.
Chabanière ranks below 61% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 30%
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 manual worker are more common here than in 57% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 32% 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).
2.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 89% 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 share of foreign nationals trails 92% of compared French towns: 1.1%. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Chabanière
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 50% in Chabanière. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Chabanière
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%; Chabanière has 39%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 4,286 to 4,361 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.
Tigery is the youngest (33.7); Buzançais the oldest (51.5).
Around Chabanière, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chabanière | 42.8 | 19% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Mornant 6,282 · 2.8 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1.3% | 3.5% |
| Beauvallon 4,260 · 3.4 mi | 41 | 17% | 0.9% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Plaine 3,764 · 3.5 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 1.2% | 4.8% |
| Rive-de-Gier 15,242 · 4.4 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 0.9% | 18% |
| Genilac 3,839 · 4.6 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Taluyers 2,686 · 5.7 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 2.9% | 3.1% |
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 Chabanière
What is the population of Chabanière?
4,323 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (4,042).
How old are Chabanière’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chabanière?
49, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chabanière?
INSEE counts 99 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 49 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chabanière?
€29,310 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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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