A median age of 63.9: Gros-Chastang is older than 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 63% of households are headed by a retired person here. Flats account for 3%. 5.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 181 residents and 96 households in Gros-Chastang.
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 Gros-Chastang
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 94 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gros-Chastang, 47% of its 200 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Gros-Chastang’s residents are under 63.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 49% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
47% of homes are second homes, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In Gros-Chastang, 4% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A +5% change since 2012: faster than 52% 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
Residents aged 65 and over: 49%, a higher share than 99% 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
■ Gros-Chastang 63.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 3.3% in Gros-Chastang and 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Gros-Chastang sits below 88% of compared French towns for couples with children (16%)
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly a third of households are one person living alone in Gros-Chastang.
The median resident lives on €21,890 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 residents live in households above €21,890 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 83% of compared French towns: 5.3%. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 69% of compared French towns: 4.4%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Gros-Chastang comes in at 3.3%. By way of 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.
Only 11% of residents 15 and over are single in Gros-Chastang
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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Gros-Chastang, 59%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Gros-Chastang sits below 84% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (13%)
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, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Gros-Chastang. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 181 to 2,582 people
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 Gros-Chastang (63.9).
No nearby town is as old as Gros-Chastang
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gros-Chastang | 63.9 | 49% | 47% | 4.4% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 8.8 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
| Tulle 13,401 · 12.3 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 5.8% | 9.2% |
| Égletons 4,341 · 13.2 mi | 38 | 23% | 7.9% | 12% |
| Mauriac 3,449 · 15.8 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.1% | 3.1% |
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 Gros-Chastang
What is the population of Gros-Chastang?
181 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (172).
How old are Gros-Chastang’s residents?
The median age is 63.9, older than 99% of compared French towns. 9.9% are under 18 and 49% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gros-Chastang?
94, with occasional dwellings: 47% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gros-Chastang?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gros-Chastang?
€21,890 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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