Households without a car make up 1.6% in Chiroubles, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 2.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.3% of homes are flats. On one-person households, Chiroubles sits lower than 73% of compared French towns: 31%. This Rhône town is home to 434 residents in 190 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Chiroubles
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chiroubles, 11% of its 250 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 5.1% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes are second homes, more than in 88% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 14% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes tops 84% of compared French towns: 11%.
Chiroubles’s population changed by +6% since 2012, more than in 53% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Rhône town +10%.
Chiroubles sits below 77% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.2%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chiroubles 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Chiroubles, 20%. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age here is 43.5, lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 5.1% of households are single parents in Chiroubles
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
Couples with children: 33% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
A typical living standard of €28,010 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.
At €28,010 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
In Chiroubles, 36% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 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
With households headed by a retired person at 26%, Chiroubles is behind 82% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Chiroubles sits below 95% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.6%)
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 95% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 1.2% in Chiroubles.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 91% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
By its share of married residents (47%), Chiroubles is above 77% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 434 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Chiroubles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiroubles | 43.5 | 20% | 11% | 1.6% |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay 4,018 · 5.2 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 3.1% | 4.4% |
| Belleville-en-Beaujolais 14,016 · 6 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 1.2% | 11% |
| Crêches-sur-Saône 3,198 · 7 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 0.5% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne 2,934 · 7.3 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| Montmerle-sur-Saône 3,799 · 8.2 mi | 46 | 23% | 1.9% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reneins 4,677 · 9 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
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 Chiroubles
What is the population of Chiroubles?
434 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (411).
How old are Chiroubles’ residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chiroubles?
26, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chiroubles?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chiroubles?
€28,010 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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