Chaussan ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 41%
The share of households in social housing is 4.1%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Chaussan’s 470 households held 1,218 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 13% of residents are 65 or over. Fewer flats than in 93% of compared French towns: 6.6%.
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 Chaussan
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 7.6% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Chaussan had 972 residents at the 2012 census and 1,218 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +25% since 2012, faster than 94% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +15%, and from 2017 to 2023 +9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Rhône town +10%.
Chaussan is younger than 84% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chaussan 39.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Chaussan comes in at 8.7%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Chaussan sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (21%)
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
A household here holds 2.6 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 84% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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
Turnover: 9.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 19% have lived in their home 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in four fifths of compared French towns. Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Chaussan comes in at 3.6%.
At the median, €30,060 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 €30,060 a year: higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 86% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 72% of compared French towns: 6.5%. Still, on households headed by a manual worker, Chaussan sits higher than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 20%. The usual figure: 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).
Immigrants: 2%, a lower share than 91% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Chaussan. Against 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.
56% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
18% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Chaussan ranks below 98% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 8.6%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Chaussan has 42%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 1,218 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Chaussan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaussan | 39.1 | 13% | 3.6% | 2% |
| Mornant 6,282 · 2 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1.3% | 3.5% |
| Chabanière 4,323 · 3.2 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Thurins 3,404 · 3.3 mi | 39.6 | 16% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Martin-en-Haut 3,942 · 4.1 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 3.6% | 2% |
| Soucieu-en-Jarrest 4,660 · 4.1 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 0.8% | 3.9% |
| Taluyers 2,686 · 4.2 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 Chaussan
What is the population of Chaussan?
1,218 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (972).
How old are Chaussan’s residents?
The median age is 39.1, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaussan?
18, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaussan?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chaussan?
€30,060 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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