A higher share of second homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 43%
The figure for empty homes is 2.5% in Chaussenac and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.9%, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. This Cantal town is home to 218 residents in 110 households, by the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Cantal 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 Chaussenac
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 89 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chaussenac, 43% of its 210 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Chaussenac’s residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chaussenac had 232 residents at the 2012 census and 218 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chaussenac ranks below 98% of compared French towns on flats: 3.7%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Newcomers of less than two years account for 6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. Car-free households: one in eight, where the median compared French town has 11%.
−6% since 2012: slower than 91% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −3% in Cantal.
Half of Chaussenac is over 52.8, older than 90% 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
■ Chaussenac 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (33%), Chaussenac is above 92% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
15% of households are couples with children, below 91% of compared French towns
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 Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
With one-person households at 44%, Chaussenac is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Households here average 2 people each.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €20,170 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 €20,170 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
45% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
8.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. Put another way, about one in 23: 4.4% 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).
Only 0.9% of residents are immigrants in Chaussenac
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 foreign nationals is 0.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Cantal has 3.9%. For comparison, 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.
A lower share of married residents than 92% of compared French towns, at 34%
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 Chaussenac, just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 88% 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
With adults with no qualification at 16%, Chaussenac is behind 69% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 218 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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 young as Chaussenac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaussenac | 52.8 | 33% | 43% | 0.9% |
| Mauriac 3,449 · 4 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.1% | 3.1% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 17.5 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
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 Chaussenac
What is the population of Chaussenac?
218 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (232).
How old are Chaussenac’s residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaussenac?
89, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaussenac?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chaussenac?
€20,170 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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