Second homes: 26%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
In Chénelette, 5.6% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. This Rhône town had 369 residents in 160 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 3% of households are single parents locally. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Chénelette
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 64 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chénelette, 26% of its 250 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 97% 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.
Chénelette sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (2.9%)
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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Chénelette has 7.7%. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A +16% change since 2012: Chénelette grew faster than 85% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and +15% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +10% in Rhône.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chénelette 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.7, Chénelette is older than 55% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (21%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are couples with children, a share 74% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
31% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
The median resident lives on €27,880 a year per consumption unit
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 Chénelette is €27,880 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Chénelette: 25% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 97% 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
8.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 11. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 52% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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.
1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
Fewer single residents than 95% of compared French towns: 19%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Chénelette has 46%. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
With graduates of higher education at 25%, Chénelette is behind 69% of compared French towns on that count. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 369 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Chénelette
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chénelette | 44.7 | 21% | 26% | 1.3% |
| Chauffailles 3,638 · 7.8 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 6.3% | 6% |
| Cours 4,306 · 8.9 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 5.8% | 4.7% |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs 5,771 · 12.1 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 4% | 6.6% |
| Belleville-en-Beaujolais 14,016 · 12.3 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 1.2% | 11% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reneins 4,677 · 13.3 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay 4,018 · 13.5 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 3.1% | 4.4% |
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 Chénelette
What is the population of Chénelette?
369 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (317).
How old are Chénelette’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chénelette?
64, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chénelette?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chénelette?
€27,880 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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