Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.3%
3.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Châtres was home to 708 people in 310 households. For Châtres, the census puts flats at 0.9%. More couples with children than in 71% of compared French towns: 29%.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 69% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −1%, then +1% to 2023. Over those years, the median Aube town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 69% of compared French towns: 9.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Châtres 44. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Châtres has 21%. What’s more, the median age here is 44, lower than in half of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 30% of households are one person living alone in Châtres
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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
With single-parent households at 11%, Châtres is ahead of 71% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Châtres sits above 59% of compared French towns for households in social housing (15%)
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
5.7% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 6.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have as many second homes: 3% here, more than in 62% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €25,250 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.
At €25,250 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Châtres: 28% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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
In Châtres, 30% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 87% of compared French towns: 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals
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 share of immigrants trails nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 3.3%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
In Châtres, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 79% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Châtres comes in at 45%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
In Châtres, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 79% 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 Châtres, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (708 to 2,582 people), the 16th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Châtres
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châtres | 44 | 21% | 3% | 3.3% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 5.6 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Saint-Lyé 2,956 · 12.1 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.1% | 5% |
| Arcis-sur-Aube 2,785 · 13.7 mi | 46 | 28% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 14.8 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 15.6 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 6.5% | 13% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc 12,648 · 15.8 mi | 36.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 24% |
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 Châtres
What is the population of Châtres?
708 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (707).
How old are Châtres’ residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Châtres?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Châtres?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Châtres?
€25,250 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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