A larger share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 28%
Half of Chaumoux-Marcilly’s residents are over 49.3, older than in 81% of compared French towns. This Cher town is home to 82 residents in 44 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 1.5% of homes are flats. By its share of second homes (7.4%), Chaumoux-Marcilly is above 84% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Cher 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 Chaumoux-Marcilly
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chaumoux-Marcilly had 100 residents at the 2012 census and 82 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
56% of Chaumoux-Marcilly’s households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 19 homes empty (28%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−18% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Cher town −4%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 71% of compared French towns, at 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chaumoux-Marcilly 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Chaumoux-Marcilly, 9.8%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
40% women, 60% men
About 67 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 56%, a higher share than 98% 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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Across Chaumoux-Marcilly, just over a fifth of households are couples with children.
99% of homes are houses
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
2.3% of households moved in less than two years ago; 25% have been in their home 30 years or more.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 33% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of Chaumoux-Marcilly’s residents are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
41% of residents 15 and over are single, more 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
Here 47% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Chaumoux-Marcilly, less than in 89% 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
On adults with no qualification, Chaumoux-Marcilly sits lower than 51% of compared French towns: 19%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Chaumoux-Marcilly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaumoux-Marcilly | 49.3 | 26% | 7.4% | 0% |
| Avord 2,909 · 8.8 mi | 32.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| La Charité-sur-Loire 4,705 · 11.9 mi | 54 | 36% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 4,779 · 14 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 0.9% | 4.8% |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 3,151 · 14.8 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 6.8% | 1.9% |
| Garchizy 3,648 · 16 mi | 45 | 23% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Fourchambault 3,992 · 16.2 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
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 Chaumoux-Marcilly
What is the population of Chaumoux-Marcilly?
82 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (100).
How old are Chaumoux-Marcilly’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 81% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaumoux-Marcilly?
5, with occasional dwellings: 7.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaumoux-Marcilly?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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