A median age of 60.5: Chambon-sur-Voueize is older than 98% of compared French towns
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 42% of households are headed by a retired person in Chambon-sur-Voueize. By contrast, at 9.1%, the share of flats is lower than in 88% of compared French towns. The town is home to 794 residents in 400 households, by the 2023 Census. For Chambon-sur-Voueize, the census puts couples with children at 16%.
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 Chambon-sur-Voueize
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chambon-sur-Voueize, 17% of its 660 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Chambon-sur-Voueize’s residents are under 60.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chambon-sur-Voueize had 962 residents at the 2012 census and 794 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 150 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
23% of homes stand empty, a share 99% 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
Households without a car make up 14%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 17% of homes are second homes, or about one in six.
Chambon-sur-Voueize’s population moved −17% on 2012, less than in 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
In two steps, −7% to 2017 and −11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Creuse.
Residents aged 65 and over: 44%, 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
■ Chambon-sur-Voueize 60.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 7.2% in Chambon-sur-Voueize. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 80 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.
A larger share of one-person households than 88% of compared French towns: 47%
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
Average household size: 1.8 people. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 10%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €22,660 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,660 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Chambon-sur-Voueize ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 1.3%
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
About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Chambon-sur-Voueize (14%). The wider picture: 9.4% of 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 60% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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: 5.5% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three fifths of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 92% of compared French towns: 34%
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
By its share of single residents (22%), Chambon-sur-Voueize is below just over three quarters of compared French towns. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 18% in Chambon-sur-Voueize, less than in 91% 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 19% in the typical compared French town, 24% of adults out of school have no qualification in Chambon-sur-Voueize. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 794 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Chambon-sur-Voueize
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Chambon-sur-Voueize
What is the population of Chambon-sur-Voueize?
794 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (962).
How old are Chambon-sur-Voueize’s residents?
The median age is 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chambon-sur-Voueize?
110, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chambon-sur-Voueize?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chambon-sur-Voueize?
€22,660 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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