Charly ranks above 96% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 28%
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Charly has 4.3%. Census figures put empty homes at 4.1% here. The town has fewer households in social housing than nearly four fifths of compared French towns, at 6.6%. The 2023 Census counted 4,811 residents in 1,940 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 Charly
Many graduates
59% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 30% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 8% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +8% since 2012, faster than 62% 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: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then +6% to 2023.
Half of Charly is over 44.4, older than 53% 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
■ Charly 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (22%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 95% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Charly comes in at 8%. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Locally, just over a third of households are couples with children.
21% of homes are flats, below 65% 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
Here 1.1% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Newcomers of less than two years account for one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%.
At the median, €38,200 a year to live on
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 €38,200 a year: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. Some 5.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
3.7% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 99% 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
Across Charly, 31% of households are headed by a retired person. To put it in context, 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).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 66% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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 5.5%, against 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 59% of compared French towns. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 97% of compared French towns: 52%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 21% of residents 15 and over are single here. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Charly, 59% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 97% 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
In Charly, nearly one in ten adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 4,775 to 4,847 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 Rosières-près-Troyes (32.7), the youngest, and Vittel (56.6), the oldest.
Around Charly, 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.
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 Charly
What is the population of Charly?
4,811 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (4,470).
How old are Charly’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charly?
22, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charly?
INSEE counts 270 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charly?
€38,200 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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