Households headed by a manager or professional: 19%, a higher share than 85% of compared French towns
The figure for flats is 55% in Craponne and 30% in the typical compared French town. For Craponne, the census puts households in social housing at 8.6%. On empty homes, Craponne sits lower than 73% of compared French towns: 5.1%. In 2023, the Census found 12,084 residents here, living in 5,600 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 Craponne
Growing fast
Craponne had 10,165 residents at the 2012 census and 12,084 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +19% since 2012, faster than 89% 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
Here the change came as +9% to 2017, then +9% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +10% in Rhône.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 57% of compared French towns, at 23%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Craponne 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 44.1, Craponne is older than half of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 54% 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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.7%, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Craponne sits below 80% of compared French towns for second homes (1%)
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
Households without a car make up 13%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €30,850 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 €30,850 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 88% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 8.0% of residents.
Craponne ranks below 87% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 8%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Craponne comes in at 34%. On average, 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).
Immigrants make up 6.6% of Craponne’s residents
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.
That is higher than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 22 here (4.6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 45% in Craponne, more than in 66% 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
Higher than in 57% of compared French towns: 26% of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 71% of compared French towns: 15%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 13th oldest of 41 French towns of 11,896 to 12,410 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.
Ages run from 33.7 in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray to 61.1 in Saint-Cyprien.
Craponne sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craponne | 44.1 | 23% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Saint-Genis-les-Ollières 5,439 · 1 mi | 42 | 19% | 1% | 7.3% |
| Grézieu-la-Varenne 6,472 · 1.5 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 1.5% | 6% |
| Francheville 15,604 · 1.9 mi | 40.3 | 18% | 1.2% | 10% |
| Brindas 6,775 · 1.9 mi | 42.4 | 17% | 1.5% | 4.4% |
| Tassin-la-Demi-Lune 23,200 · 2.5 mi | 40.8 | 20% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Charbonnières-les-Bains 5,383 · 2.6 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.6% | 7.4% |
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 Craponne
What is the population of Craponne?
12,084 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (10,165).
How old are Craponne’s residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 50% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Craponne?
60, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Craponne?
INSEE counts 800 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 550 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Craponne?
€30,850 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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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