Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.5% of homes are flats
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 26% of households are one person living alone in Les Châteliers. On the census count, 9.2% of homes are second homes. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 95% of compared French towns: 7.6%. Census day 2023: 445 residents and 200 households locally.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Les Châteliers
Fewer residents than in 2012
Les Châteliers had 488 residents at the 2012 census and 445 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 40 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−9% since 2012, a pace below 96% 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 change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, −8%.
Half of Les Châteliers is over 47, older than 69% 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
■ Les Châteliers 47. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Les Châteliers ranks above 85% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 13%
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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 62% of compared French towns: 27% of households are couples with children.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 15% of homes stand empty
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put households without a car at 7.2% in Les Châteliers. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,470 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 Les Châteliers’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,470 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
In Les Châteliers, 5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 86% 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 Les Châteliers, 31% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in 13 here (7.8%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 71% of compared French towns: 4.2% of residents are immigrants
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 Deux-Sèvres has 3.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. On the census count, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Les Châteliers ranks below 84% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
The share of married residents is 46%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 77% 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
In Les Châteliers, 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 15th 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).
Les Châteliers is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Châteliers | 47 | 24% | 9.2% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École 7,595 · 6.6 mi | 35.5 | 21% | 2.7% | 7.6% |
| Rouillé 2,533 · 10 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.9% | 2% |
| Parthenay 10,140 · 11.6 mi | 50 | 31% | 2.8% | 7.3% |
| Boivre-la-Vallée 3,024 · 11.7 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| La Crèche 5,662 · 12.4 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet 2,656 · 12.6 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 1.3% | 3.4% |
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 Les Châteliers
What is the population of Les Châteliers?
445 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (488).
How old are Les Châteliers’ residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Châteliers?
24, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Châteliers?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Châteliers?
€24,470 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.