Chamborand is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.2
17% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Across Chamborand, 43% of households are headed by a retired person. Flats are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns. The town counted 241 residents and 120 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Chamborand
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chamborand, 19% of its 190 homes: higher than in 93% 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 Chamborand’s residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 31 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Chamborand, 19% of homes are second homes, more than in 93% 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
The share of empty homes is 16%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, on households in social housing, Chamborand sits lower than 91% of compared French towns: 3.9%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, 8.6% of households have no car.
Slower growth than 66% of compared French towns: Chamborand changed by +1% since 2012
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 change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Creuse town −5%.
In Chamborand, 27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 76% 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
■ Chamborand 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
42% of households are one person living alone, a share 76% of compared French towns don’t reach
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. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 8.7%, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns.
€23,940 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.
At €23,940 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
4.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 91% of compared French towns
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (11%), Chamborand is below just over two thirds of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Chamborand ranks above 74% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 7.4% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 14.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
30% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 78% 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 Chamborand, 39% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 68% 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
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 241 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 Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Chamborand
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamborand | 54.2 | 27% | 19% | 7.4% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 6.8 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
| Bessines-sur-Gartempe 2,709 · 10.5 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 8.6% | 3.7% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 14.5 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 16.2 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Ambazac 5,556 · 16.5 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 4.8% | 2.1% |
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 Chamborand
What is the population of Chamborand?
241 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (239).
How old are Chamborand’s residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chamborand?
37, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chamborand?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chamborand?
€23,940 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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