A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.3%
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 1.9%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 77% of compared French towns: 6.9% of households rent social housing (HLM). The 2023 Census counted 580 residents in 270 households. Put another way, about one in 45: 2.2% of households have no car.
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 Chemilly
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chemilly had 626 residents at the 2012 census and 580 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Chemilly’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 94% of compared French towns grew faster than Chemilly: −7%
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 those years, the median Allier town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then −9% to 2023.
Half of Chemilly is over 50.9, older than 86% 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
■ Chemilly 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
8.8% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 31% 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 98% of compared French towns: 5.4%
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 2.1 people in the average household. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 26%, more than in 55% of compared French towns. The figure for one-person households is 34% in Chemilly and 35% in the typical compared French town.
Above 65% of compared French towns: 3.3% of homes 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 32%. Chemilly has fewer empty homes than 51% of compared French towns, at 6.6%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
€27,360 a year: the median standard of living
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 Chemilly’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,360 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 92% of compared French towns, at 44%
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
A fifth of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Set beside that, nearly a third 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).
Below 97% of compared French towns: 1.4% of residents are immigrants
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, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Chemilly. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Chemilly has 52%. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 67% 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 are rarer here than in 50% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 580 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Chemilly, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemilly | 50.9 | 31% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Moulins 19,206 · 5.4 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 4.3% | 9.9% |
| Yzeure 12,897 · 5.7 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.4% |
| Avermes 4,074 · 7.3 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 12.3 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 12.4 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Dompierre-sur-Besbre 2,959 · 17.9 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 4.5% | 4.6% |
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 Chemilly
What is the population of Chemilly?
580 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (626).
How old are Chemilly’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chemilly?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chemilly?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chemilly?
€27,360 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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