33% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person: 52%, above 98% of compared French towns. On the census count, 0.5% of homes are flats. Fewer couples with children than in 81% of compared French towns: 18%. 277 residents in 130 households: that is Chambérat at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Chambérat
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chambérat had 317 residents at the 2012 census and 277 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 67 homes empty (33%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Chambérat’s residents are under 52.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−13% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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 −4% to 2017, then −9% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Allier.
Chambérat is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chambérat 52.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9.9% here, fewer than in 66% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 87% of compared French towns: 7.3%
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Fewer one-person households than in 57% of compared French towns: 34%. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Only 6.1% of households have no car in Chambérat
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 3.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 30% have stayed 30 years or more. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.5%.
€21,880 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €21,880 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 95% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 77% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Chambérat, 2.5%. By way of comparison, 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.
A larger share of married residents than 83% of compared French towns: 48%
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
23% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 18% in Chambérat, less than in 91% 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
Chambérat has fewer adults with no qualification than 56% of compared French towns, at 18%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The 9th oldest of 41 French towns of 277 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Chambérat, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Chambérat
What is the population of Chambérat?
277 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (317).
How old are Chambérat’s residents?
The median age is 52.1, older than 89% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chambérat?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chambérat?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chambérat?
€21,880 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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