Households without a car: 31%, a higher share than 96% of compared French towns
In Chevilly-Larue, 15% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 19,826, in 8,610 households. Across Chevilly-Larue, 80% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Val-de-Marne 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 Chevilly-Larue
Immigrants
INSEE counts 4,500 immigrants in Chevilly-Larue (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 23% of residents, against 23% for the median compared commune in Val-de-Marne. 18% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Social housing
34% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 25% rent privately and 39% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Chevilly-Larue’s residents are under 38.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +6% since 2012 puts Chevilly-Larue ahead of 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
The first five years brought +4%; the six to 2023, +2%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Val-de-Marne town +7%.
Younger than 86% of compared French towns: half of Chevilly-Larue is under 38.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chevilly-Larue 38.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 16% in Chevilly-Larue and 22% in the typical compared French town. 13% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 83% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-de-Marne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 43% of households are one person living alone
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 Val-de-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 24% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
A higher share of households in social housing than 95% of compared French towns, at 34%
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: 7.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 12% have lived in their home 30 years or more. At 5.6%, the share of empty homes is lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Car-free households: one in three, where the median compared French town has 11%.
€24,550 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €24,550 a year: lower than in 66% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 22.0% of residents.
Chevilly-Larue: 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 79% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 95% of compared French towns: 23% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals: 18% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 37%, a higher share than 95% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Chevilly-Larue has 37%. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 37% in Chevilly-Larue, more than in 71% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Chevilly-Larue comes in at 21%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 19,206 to 20,566 people: this is the 14th 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 33.9 in Juvisy-sur-Orge to 64.5 in Royan.
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Chevilly-Larue
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevilly-Larue | 38.6 | 16% | 2.3% | 23% |
| L'Haÿ-les-Roses 31,188 · 1 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 24% |
| Thiais 32,918 · 1.5 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 1.8% | 24% |
| Villejuif 60,183 · 1.5 mi | 35.3 | 13% | 4% | 29% |
| Rungis 5,611 · 1.6 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 2.5% | 12% |
| Vitry-sur-Seine 93,963 · 1.9 mi | 36.8 | 15% | 1.4% | 33% |
| Fresnes 29,528 · 1.9 mi | 34.6 | 12% | 1.7% | 23% |
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 Chevilly-Larue
What is the population of Chevilly-Larue?
19,826 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (18,786).
How old are Chevilly-Larue’s residents?
The median age is 38.6, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chevilly-Larue?
220, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chevilly-Larue?
INSEE counts 4,490 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 23% of residents, and 3,610 foreign nationals (18%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chevilly-Larue?
€24,550 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 22.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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