Chambost-Longessaigne ranks below 94% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 3.1%
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over here. Households without a car: 5.4% of the total. Fewer flats than in 90% of compared French towns: 8.1%. The 2023 Census put Chambost-Longessaigne’s population at 930, in 410 households.
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.
What stands out about the people of Chambost-Longessaigne
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 57 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chambost-Longessaigne, 11% of its 520 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% 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.
11% of homes are second homes, more than in 89% 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
In Chambost-Longessaigne, 9.2% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
+5% since 2012, a pace 51% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
In two steps, +6% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +10% in Rhône.
Chambost-Longessaigne is younger than 56% of compared French towns: a median age of 43.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chambost-Longessaigne 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Chambost-Longessaigne sits above 61% of compared French towns for couples with children (27%)
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
The figure for single-parent households is 11% in Chambost-Longessaigne and 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. The average household has 2.3 people.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,870 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 median standard of living in Chambost-Longessaigne is €24,870 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Chambost-Longessaigne: 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 81% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Chambost-Longessaigne comes in at 30%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%. On the census count, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns: 2.2%
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 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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.
Chambost-Longessaigne ranks below 62% of compared French towns on single residents: 24%
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
The census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Chambost-Longessaigne. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 76% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 35% in Chambost-Longessaigne. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 930 to 2,582 people, the 12th youngest
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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Chambost-Longessaigne, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambost-Longessaigne | 43.2 | 19% | 11% | 2.2% |
| Panissières 2,911 · 2 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 7.2% | 3% |
| Feurs 8,367 · 7.5 mi | 50.7 | 32% | 2% | 6.7% |
| Tarare 10,893 · 8.9 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.1% | 14% |
| Balbigny 2,911 · 9.3 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 3.1% | 5.6% |
| Chazelles-sur-Lyon 5,543 · 9.5 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.3% |
| Vindry-sur-Turdine 5,305 · 9.5 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2.2% | 3.5% |
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 Chambost-Longessaigne
What is the population of Chambost-Longessaigne?
930 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (886).
How old are Chambost-Longessaigne’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chambost-Longessaigne?
57, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chambost-Longessaigne?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chambost-Longessaigne?
€24,870 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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