A median age of 52.9: Deux-Chaises is older than 91% of compared French towns
1.9% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). There were 180 households in Deux-Chaises at the 2023 Census, home to 377 residents. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 44%. 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 Deux-Chaises
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Deux-Chaises, 13% of its 270 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Deux-Chaises had 408 residents at the 2012 census and 377 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Deux-Chaises’ residents are under 52.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 47 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 18% in Deux-Chaises, more than in 98% 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
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Deux-Chaises has 7.1%. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. About one in eight: that is how common second homes are in Deux-Chaises (13%). Fewer households without a car than in 66% of compared French towns: 8.2%.
−8% since 2012, a pace below 94% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Allier town −1%.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 30% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Deux-Chaises 52.9. The median compared French town: 44.
9.5% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). As a yardstick, 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%.
Fewer couples with children than 77% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Households here average 2.1 people each. At 36%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 54% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €22,860 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 €22,860 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Only 5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Deux-Chaises
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (17%), Deux-Chaises is above two thirds of compared French towns. To put it in context, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 80% of compared French towns: 3.2% 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.
Foreign nationals: 2.4% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
Deux-Chaises ranks above 87% of compared French towns on married residents: 49%
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
Here 24% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Deux-Chaises sits below 76% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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 Deux-Chaises, 24%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Deux-Chaises and its 4 nearest towns: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deux-Chaises | 52.9 | 30% | 13% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 12.9 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 15.7 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 17.7 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 3,480 · 17.9 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 4.8% | 6.2% |
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 Deux-Chaises
What is the population of Deux-Chaises?
377 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (408).
How old are Deux-Chaises’ residents?
The median age is 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Deux-Chaises?
34, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Deux-Chaises?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Deux-Chaises?
€22,860 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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