0.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.3%, La Chapelle is behind 90% of compared French towns on that count. One-person households are rarer here than in 83% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 399 residents in the town, living in 170 households. Households without a car make up about one in 16 here (6.4%).
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 Chapelle
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Chapelle, 15% of its 260 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 51 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Chapelle ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 19%
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 16, where the median compared French town has 11%. At 15%, the share of second homes is higher than in 91% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 31% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 3.6% moved in within the last two years.
La Chapelle grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 53% 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 change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and +8% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Allier town −1%.
Younger than 54% of compared French towns: half of La Chapelle is under 43.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Chapelle 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 63% of compared French towns: 28%
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
8.8% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,190 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 €25,190 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
In La Chapelle, 35% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 62% of compared French towns
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 15%. On households headed by a manager or professional, La Chapelle sits lower than 53% of compared French towns: 8.9%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1% in La Chapelle, less than in 99% 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.
Foreign nationals: 0.7% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
Single residents make up 18% in La Chapelle, less than in 98% 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
49% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
La Chapelle sits below 94% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (10%)
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
Locally, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 399 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th youngest
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).
La Chapelle is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle | 43.4 | 22% | 15% | 1% |
| Saint-Yorre 2,641 · 5.8 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Abrest 2,915 · 6.6 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Cusset 13,316 · 7.1 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Vichy 25,115 · 8.1 mi | 53.1 | 37% | 8.5% | 11% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 8.8 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 9 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
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 Chapelle
What is the population of La Chapelle?
399 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (378).
How old are La Chapelle’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Chapelle?
38, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Chapelle?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Chapelle?
€25,190 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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