Only 2.6% of homes are flats in Chazelles
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Fewer households without a car than in 91% of compared French towns: 4.6%. At the 2023 Census, 1,543 people lived in Chazelles, in 700 households.
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.
Chazelles changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 58% 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
In two steps, +4% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
Older than 79% of compared French towns: half of Chazelles is over 49.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chazelles 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 26%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 28% in Chazelles, less than in 84% 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
The share of single-parent households is 8.7%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household. Higher than in 51% of compared French towns: 25% of households are couples with children.
1.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 3.3% in Chazelles. What’s more, at 7.7%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 61% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM). Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.4%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 29%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,700 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 €25,700 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 75% of compared French towns, at 37%
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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in eight. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Chazelles, 2.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 90% 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.
1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
Fewer 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, just over half of residents 15 and over are married in Chazelles. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Here, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Chazelles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chazelles | 49.1 | 26% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 6.4 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 6.4 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 7.3 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Brie 4,125 · 7.5 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 8.4 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 8.5 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
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 Chazelles
What is the population of Chazelles?
1,543 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,500).
How old are Chazelles’ residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 79% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chazelles?
26, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chazelles?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chazelles?
€25,700 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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