45.7median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

A smaller share of flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.2%

The share of households without a car is 4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 1,074 residents in 470 households. Across Chamblet, 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24. 4.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 89% of compared French towns.

−1%residents since 2012 22%aged 65 or older 2.6%immigrants 470households

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.

Population

Slower growth than 76% of compared French towns: Chamblet changed by −1% since 2012

Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.

Census 2012

1,090

residents

Census 2017

1,097

residents

Census 2023

1,074

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Chamblet−1%

Allier median−1%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Chamblet−2%

Allier median−2%

France median+2%

Ages

A median age of 45.7: Chamblet is older than 61% of compared French towns

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

ChambletAllier medianFrance median

Under 1519%

15 to 248.4%

25 to 4421%

45 to 6428%

65 and over22%

of whom 80 and over5.3%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Chamblet 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.

Across Chamblet, 22% of residents are 65 or over.

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Chamblet

Allier median

France median

WomenMen

About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.

Households

Single-parent households make up 7.4% in Chamblet, less than in 86% 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.

One person 31%Couple, no children 34%Couple with children 28%Single parent 7.4%Several people, not a family 0%

Against the Allier median and the France median

Chamblet

Allier median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

ChambletAllier medianFrance median

One-person households31%

Residents 65+ living alone27%

0%25%50%

31% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). In Chamblet, 28% of households are couples with children. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.

Homes & cars

9% of homes stand empty, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach

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

ChambletAllier medianFrance median

Main residences89%

Second homes2.3%

Empty9%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Chamblet

Allier median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

ChambletAllier medianFrance median

No car4%

One car40%

Two or more56%

0%35%70%

Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.1% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 27%. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Few places have as many second homes: 2.3% here, more than in 52% of compared French towns.

Income

€26,180 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.

Median standard of living

€26,180

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Allier €23,590 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

At €26,180 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 52% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

38% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach

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

ChambletAllier medianFrance median

Retired38%

Managers and professionals6.3%

Intermediate occupations13%

Clerical and service workers16%

Manual workers19%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners6.3%

Farmers1.1%

Others not working1.1%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

8.6%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

450

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

Nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Here, 6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.

Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

Chamblet ranks below 86% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.6%

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

2.6% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

1.2% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

ChambletAllier medianFrance median

Immigrants2.6%

Foreign nationals1.2%

0%5%10%

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.

1.2% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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.

Couples

22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 82% 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

ChambletAllier medianFrance median

Married48%

In a civil partnership (PACS)8.2%

Living together, unmarried9.9%

Single22%

Divorced6.6%

Widowed6.1%

0%30%60%

The share of married residents is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.

Qualifications

Fewer adults with no qualification than 76% of compared French towns: 15%

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

ChambletAllier medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)15%

Brevet5.1%

CAP or BEP (vocational)36%

Baccalauréat21%

Bac+212%

Bac+3 or bac+48.5%

Bac+5 or more3.1%

0%25%50%

Graduates of higher education: 24% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

Among 41 French towns of 1,074 to 2,582 people, the 20th oldest

The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.

Chamblet 45.7

VillejustPrayssac

365064

At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.

Neighbors

Every neighbor is older than Chamblet

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

CommentryDésertinesMontluçonPrémilhatDomératHurielChamblet

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Chamblet	45.7	22%	2.3%	2.6%
Commentry 6,017 · 3.4 mi	53.8	33%	2.4%	4.6%
Désertines 4,259 · 4.5 mi	53.2	32%	1.5%	5%
Montluçon 33,147 · 5.3 mi	46.9	28%	3.1%	11%
Prémilhat 2,540 · 7.3 mi	53.6	31%	2.3%	5.9%
Domérat 8,622 · 8.1 mi	53.5	33%	1.6%	4.4%
Huriel 2,536 · 10.9 mi	48.5	27%	4%	2.5%

More about Chamblet

Health, work, housing and schools

Health DDeaths, doctors and care nearby Work & commute CJobs, unemployment and how people get to work Cost of living AHome prices, rents, owning and renting SchoolsCollèges and lycées within 5 km

How to read these numbers

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 Chamblet

What is the population of Chamblet?

1,074 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (1,090).

How old are Chamblet’s residents?

The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Chamblet?

12, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Chamblet?

INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Chamblet?

€26,180 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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