A median age of 58.3: La Chabanne is older than 97% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in La Chabanne, 0.5%. This Allier town had 169 residents in 92 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, just over one in ten homes stand empty. Households in social housing 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 La Chabanne
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 84 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Chabanne, 42% of its 200 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 99% 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 La Chabanne’s residents are under 58.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Chabanne had 195 residents at the 2012 census and 169 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of La Chabanne’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 48% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 42%
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 seven, where the median compared French town has 11%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In La Chabanne, 15% of households have no car.
La Chabanne’s population moved −13% on 2012, less than in 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −5%; 2017 to 2023, −9%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.5%, a lower share than 98% 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
■ La Chabanne 58.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 33%, above 92% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 50%
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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, La Chabanne has 17%. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Census figures put single-parent households at 5.6% locally.
At the median, €20,730 a year to live on
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 €20,730 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 44% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in La Chabanne comes in at 11%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 63% of compared French towns: 5.9%
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 50% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%. Census figures put immigrants at 6.5% in La Chabanne. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 86% 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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in La Chabanne. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 79% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Graduates of higher education are more common here than in 51% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 169 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).
No nearby town is as old as La Chabanne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chabanne | 58.3 | 33% | 42% | 6.5% |
| Renaison 3,231 · 8.8 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.4% | 2.2% |
| Puy-Guillaume 2,630 · 13.6 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 2.7% | 4% |
| Villerest 5,172 · 13.8 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 1.9% | 6.1% |
| Riorges 11,139 · 14 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.3% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Yorre 2,641 · 14 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Commelle-Vernay 3,050 · 14.9 mi | 49 | 27% | 1% | 3.5% |
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 La Chabanne
What is the population of La Chabanne?
169 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (195).
How old are La Chabanne’s residents?
The median age is 58.3, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Chabanne?
84, with occasional dwellings: 42% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Chabanne?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Chabanne?
€20,730 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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