1.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Chassors has 28%. The town had 1,123 residents in 510 households at the 2023 Census. Across Chassors, 2.3% of households have no car. 5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 70% of compared French towns grew faster than Chassors: ±0%
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 −2%; 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente town +1%.
Chassors ranks below 94% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chassors 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Chassors’s residents are over 50.2, older than in 84% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The census found that 25% of residents are 65 or over in the town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
In Chassors, 8.6% of households are single parents, fewer than in 72% 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 Charente median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Fewer couples with children than in 58% of compared French towns: 24%. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of second homes than 74% of compared French towns, at 4.5%
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
The share of empty homes is 9.1%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. 6.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 29% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €26,810 a year per consumption unit
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 Chassors’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,810 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 39%, a higher share than 80% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 19%, above 80% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3% in Chassors, less than in 82% 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.
The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Chassors.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 96% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Married residents make up 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. On average, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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%, Chassors is behind 67% of compared French towns on that count. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 1,123 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Chassors 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chassors | 50.2 | 25% | 4.5% | 3% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 2.4 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 5.8 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 6.2 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 8 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 8.5 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 10.7 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
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 Chassors
What is the population of Chassors?
1,123 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,123).
How old are Chassors’ residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chassors?
26, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chassors?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chassors?
€26,810 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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