Only 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Châtel-de-Neuvre
Households in social housing: 4.6% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. At 6.3%, the share of flats is lower than in 94% of compared French towns. Châtel-de-Neuvre’s 260 households held 563 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.2% here.
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 Châtel-de-Neuvre
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Châtel-de-Neuvre, 10% of its 320 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 88% 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.
Châtel-de-Neuvre ranks above 88% of compared French towns on second homes: 10%
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
Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, 8.8% of households have no car. At 7.9%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
+2% since 2012: slower than 62% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Allier town −1%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 62% of compared French towns: 24%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Châtel-de-Neuvre 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Châtel-de-Neuvre’s residents are over 44.9, older than in 55% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
9.6% of households are single parents, fewer than in 57% 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. At 35%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 53% of compared French towns. Châtel-de-Neuvre sits close to the norm on couples with children: 25%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €23,710 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 €23,710 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Households headed by a retired person make up 38%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns, at 1.6%
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.
Here 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. On average, 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.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Châtel-de-Neuvre
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
For Châtel-de-Neuvre, the census puts married residents at 43%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Châtel-de-Neuvre sits below 68% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (25%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Châtel-de-Neuvre, 21%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Châtel-de-Neuvre and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châtel-de-Neuvre | 44.9 | 24% | 10% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 7.3 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 8.1 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Moulins 19,206 · 10.4 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 4.3% | 9.9% |
| Yzeure 12,897 · 10.6 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.4% |
| Avermes 4,074 · 12.3 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 15.7 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 Châtel-de-Neuvre
What is the population of Châtel-de-Neuvre?
563 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (553).
How old are Châtel-de-Neuvre’s residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 55% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Châtel-de-Neuvre?
32, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Châtel-de-Neuvre?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Châtel-de-Neuvre?
€23,710 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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