In Chasteaux, 0.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 2.4% of households have no car in Chasteaux. Across Chasteaux, just over a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker. 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. This Corrèze town counted 754 residents and 320 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Corrèze 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 Chasteaux
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 86 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chasteaux, 19% of its 440 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Chasteaux had 630 residents at the 2012 census and 754 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Empty homes make up 7.8%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 22%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A +20% change since 2012: Chasteaux grew faster than 90% 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 those years, the median Corrèze town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 81% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chasteaux 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Chasteaux’s residents are over 46.3, older than in 65% of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 10%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Chasteaux, 34% of households are couples with children, more than in 90% 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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 9.1%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. The average household has 2.3 people.
€27,170 a year: the median standard of living
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,170 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
Chasteaux sits above 65% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (12%)
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 retired person: 34%, above just over three fifths of compared French towns. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 98% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Chasteaux has 2.6%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Corrèze has 6.1%. By way of comparison, 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 72% 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
Married residents: 45% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Chasteaux, 7.2% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Chasteaux. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (754 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Chasteaux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chasteaux | 46.3 | 17% | 19% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 3.9 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 47,095 · 5.4 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Cosnac 3,044 · 6.3 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Ussac 4,322 · 7.1 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Malemort 8,239 · 7.6 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3.4% | 6.5% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 8.9 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
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 Chasteaux
What is the population of Chasteaux?
754 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (630).
How old are Chasteaux’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chasteaux?
86, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chasteaux?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chasteaux?
€27,170 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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