Photo: CHABERT Louis · CC BY-SA 4.0A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
27% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Chaponost had 9,382 residents in 3,800 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.3% of households have no car. Few places have as many flats: 34% here, more than in 56% of compared French towns.
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 Chaponost
Many graduates
53% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 25% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Growing fast
Chaponost had 7,963 residents at the 2012 census and 9,382 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chaponost grew +18% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 87% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +10% for the median Rhône town, the change came in two steps: +9% from 2012 to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
A median age of 44: Chaponost is younger than 50% 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
■ Chaponost 44. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% in Chaponost, about one in ten. Lower than in 52% of compared French towns: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Chaponost: 32% of households are couples with children, above 85% 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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Chaponost has 8.6%. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
66% of homes are houses
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
One in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 21% have been in their home 30 years or more. On second homes, Chaponost sits lower than nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 1.7%. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6.9%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €34,700 a year in standard of living
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 €34,700 a year: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 7.0%.
In Chaponost, 7.2% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 90% 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
About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Chaponost (32%). Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.9% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 54% 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 median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. Across Chaponost, 6.3% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Chaponost: 51% of residents 15 and over are married, above 93% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Chaponost. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In Chaponost, 53% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 95% 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
The share of adults with no qualification trails 92% of compared French towns: 11%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 9,226 to 9,537 people: this is the 19th oldest
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 Vert-Saint-Denis (35.7), the youngest, and Carqueiranne (57.9), the oldest.
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Chaponost
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaponost | 44 | 22% | 1.7% | 6.3% |
| Francheville 15,604 · 2.2 mi | 40.3 | 18% | 1.2% | 10% |
| Brindas 6,775 · 2.4 mi | 42.4 | 17% | 1.5% | 4.4% |
| Brignais 12,503 · 2.5 mi | 42 | 22% | 1.4% | 8.4% |
| Saint-Genis-Laval 21,212 · 2.5 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 1.5% | 10% |
| Craponne 12,084 · 2.7 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Oullins-Pierre-Bénite 38,168 · 3 mi | 36.9 | 17% | 1.7% | 15% |
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 Chaponost
What is the population of Chaponost?
9,382 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (7,963).
How old are Chaponost’s residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaponost?
69, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaponost?
INSEE counts 590 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 370 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chaponost?
€34,700 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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