Half of Arfeuille-Châtain is over 55.2, older than 94% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Arfeuille-Châtain is home to 193 residents in 83 households, by the 2023 Census. On the census count, 3.7% of households have no car. In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; here, 4.9%.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Arfeuille-Châtain
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 48 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arfeuille-Châtain, 29% of its 160 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Arfeuille-Châtain’s residents are under 55.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 34 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 29%, a higher share than 95% 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
Some 7.4% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 27% who have been there 30 years or more. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Empty homes make up about one in five here (21%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
±0% since 2012, a pace below 70% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Creuse town −5%.
6.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below 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
■ Arfeuille-Châtain 55.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 29% of residents are 65 or over here. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 19% of households are couples with children
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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2 people share a household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. One-person households make up 31%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €20,220 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.
Half of residents live in households above €20,220 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns: 50%
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 12% of households are headed by a manual worker in Arfeuille-Châtain. 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).
Arfeuille-Châtain ranks below 66% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.8%
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 Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 4.2% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 48% in Arfeuille-Châtain, more than in 83% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Arfeuille-Châtain has 28%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 20% in Arfeuille-Châtain, less than in 86% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Arfeuille-Châtain. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 6th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Arfeuille-Châtain and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arfeuille-Châtain | 55.2 | 29% | 29% | 4.8% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 14.7 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
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 Arfeuille-Châtain
What is the population of Arfeuille-Châtain?
193 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (193).
How old are Arfeuille-Châtain’s residents?
The median age is 55.2, older than 94% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arfeuille-Châtain?
48, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arfeuille-Châtain?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arfeuille-Châtain?
€20,220 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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