La Chapelle-Taillefert ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.9%
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 24% in La Chapelle-Taillefert. Still, with a median age of 49.9, La Chapelle-Taillefert is older than 83% of compared French towns. There were 170 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 448 residents. In La Chapelle-Taillefert, 2.9% of households have no car.
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 La Chapelle-Taillefert
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Chapelle-Taillefert, 17% of its 230 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% 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
35% of households are couples with children and 3% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 17%, a higher share than 92% 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
Households in social housing: 4.8%, below 87% of compared French towns. About one in 12: that is how common empty homes are in La Chapelle-Taillefert (8.4%). By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +15% since 2012, faster than 82% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Creuse. Here the change came as +9% to 2017, then +6% to 2023.
8.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 91% 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
■ La Chapelle-Taillefert 49.9. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 92% of compared French towns: 35%
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
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in La Chapelle-Taillefert, 3%. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 32% of households are one person living alone.
Median standard of living: €26,890 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.
At €26,890 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
In La Chapelle-Taillefert, 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 65% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; La Chapelle-Taillefert has 12%. As a yardstick, 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).
La Chapelle-Taillefert sits below 88% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.4%)
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 29: 3.4% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 35% of residents 15 and over are married
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, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in La Chapelle-Taillefert, 24%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Above 75% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (448 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
1 of 2 neighbors are older than La Chapelle-Taillefert
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-Taillefert | 49.9 | 25% | 17% | 3.4% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 4.5 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 4.6 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
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 La Chapelle-Taillefert
What is the population of La Chapelle-Taillefert?
448 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (389).
How old are La Chapelle-Taillefert’s residents?
The median age is 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Chapelle-Taillefert?
40, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Chapelle-Taillefert?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Chapelle-Taillefert?
€26,890 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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