Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Charroux is over 57.6
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 335 residents and 180 households in Charroux. In Charroux, 1.8% of homes are flats. 17% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
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 Charroux
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 97 second homes and occasional dwellings in Charroux, 32% of its 310 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Charroux’s residents are under 57.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Charroux had 388 residents at the 2012 census and 335 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
32% of homes in Charroux are second homes
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 figure for empty homes is 9.2% in Charroux and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, nearly one in ten households have no car, a lower share than in 60% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 14% (under two years).
A −14% change since 2012: slower than 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Allier. Here the change came as −7% to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
In Charroux, 33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 91% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Charroux 57.6. The median compared French town: 44.
9.2% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 2.7%
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 share of one-person households is 42%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. There are 1.9 people in the average household. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €26,990 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,990 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 41% of households are headed by a retired person
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 16%, Charroux is ahead of 64% of compared French towns on that count. By contrast, 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a lower share than in 67% of compared French towns. 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: 4.4%, a lower share than 69% 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.
The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 69% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 26 here (3.8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 97% of compared French towns: 53%
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 single residents trails 96% of compared French towns: 19%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 58% 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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 20% in Charroux. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 335 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Charroux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charroux | 57.6 | 33% | 32% | 4.4% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 6.3 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 10.4 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Aigueperse 2,665 · 11.4 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 12.5 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 13.1 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 13.1 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3% | 4.3% |
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 Charroux
What is the population of Charroux?
335 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (388).
How old are Charroux’s residents?
The median age is 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charroux?
97, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charroux?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charroux?
€26,990 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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