Chareil-Cintrat sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.5%)
Single-parent households: 6.1% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. Chareil-Cintrat’s 170 households held 388 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 5.8% of residents are 15 to 24. Fewer households in social housing than in 92% of compared French towns: 3.6%.
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 Chareil-Cintrat
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chareil-Cintrat, 12% of its 210 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 12% in Chareil-Cintrat, more than in 90% 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
The share of households without a car is 4.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 23% have stayed three decades or more. More empty homes than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 8.1%.
A +8% change since 2012: faster than 64% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Allier town −1%. The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, +8%.
Chareil-Cintrat is older than 74% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chareil-Cintrat 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, above just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
24% of households are one person living alone, below 96% 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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Locally, 28% of households are couples with children. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,010 a year per consumption unit
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 €26,010 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
Only 6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Chareil-Cintrat
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Chareil-Cintrat has 18%. For comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person come to 30% here, about three in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 83% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Chareil-Cintrat. As a reference point, 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 smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
The share of married residents tops 95% of compared French towns: 51%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
In Chareil-Cintrat, 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 81% 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
Adults with no qualification come to 19% in Chareil-Cintrat, about two in ten. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 388 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Chareil-Cintrat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chareil-Cintrat | 47.9 | 24% | 12% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 4 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 9 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 11 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 12.1 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 12.6 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 13.6 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
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 Chareil-Cintrat
What is the population of Chareil-Cintrat?
388 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (359).
How old are Chareil-Cintrat’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chareil-Cintrat?
26, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chareil-Cintrat?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chareil-Cintrat?
€26,010 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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