A median age of 57.5: Saint-Chabrais is older than 97% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Saint-Chabrais, 1.5%. Households in social housing account for 1.3%. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 40% here, more than in 83% of compared French towns. The town is home to 317 residents in 150 households, by 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 Saint-Chabrais
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 64 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Chabrais, 24% of its 260 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Chabrais’ residents are under 57.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 46 homes empty (17%): 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 Saint-Chabrais, 24% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Saint-Chabrais comes in at 17%. Still, the town has fewer households without a car than just over two thirds of compared French towns, at 7.9%. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 74% of compared French towns: Saint-Chabrais 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
The change was −8% from 2012 to 2017 and +8% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Creuse town −5%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 6.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Chabrais 57.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 17% 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
The share of single-parent households trails 92% of compared French towns: 6.7%. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. The census found that a third of households are one person living alone in Saint-Chabrais.
A median standard of living of €22,990 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.
Living standards centre on €22,990 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 54% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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 higher share of foreign nationals than 69% of compared French towns, at 6.9%
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 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Saint-Chabrais comes in at 8.2%. The median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 lower share of single residents than 79% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 45% of residents 15 and over are married in Saint-Chabrais. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 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, 25% of adults out of school have no qualification in Saint-Chabrais. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 317 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 Saint-Chabrais
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Chabrais | 57.5 | 34% | 24% | 8.2% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 12 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 14.6 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 16.6 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 Saint-Chabrais
What is the population of Saint-Chabrais?
317 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (320).
How old are Saint-Chabrais’ residents?
The median age is 57.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Chabrais?
64, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Chabrais?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Chabrais?
€22,990 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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