Only 2.4% of households have no car in Chazemais
Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Chazemais has 9.3%. This Allier town is home to 504 residents in 210 households, by the 2023 Census. For Chazemais, the census puts flats at 1.8%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Chazemais
Empty homes
The census found 45 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 76% of compared French towns grew faster than Chazemais: −2%
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
The median Allier town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −3% and the next six +2%.
13% of residents are 15 to 24, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chazemais 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
20% of Chazemais’ residents are 65 or older, against 30% in the median Allier town and 22% in the median compared French town; 26% are under 18. At the same time, with a median age of 44.8, Chazemais is older than 55% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 29%, a lower share than 80% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Chazemais has 29%. The average household has 2.3 people. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Chazemais ranks above 97% of compared French towns on empty homes: 16%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.3% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 26%. 5.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€25,660 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.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,660 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Only 4.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Chazemais
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker here. In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. On the census count, 39% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5% in Chazemais, less than in 64% 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 64% of compared French towns. 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.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 46% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Chazemais has more single residents than 55% of compared French towns, at 26%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 76% 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
In Chazemais, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 504 to 2,582
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.
Every neighbor is older than Chazemais
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chazemais | 44.8 | 20% | 9.3% | 5% |
| Huriel 2,536 · 8 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 4% | 2.5% |
| Domérat 8,622 · 8.7 mi | 53.5 | 33% | 1.6% | 4.4% |
| Désertines 4,259 · 10.1 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 1.5% | 5% |
| Montluçon 33,147 · 10.6 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Prémilhat 2,540 · 11.3 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 16.8 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
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 Chazemais
What is the population of Chazemais?
504 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (512).
How old are Chazemais’ residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chazemais?
26, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chazemais?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chazemais?
€25,660 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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