Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Chantérac has 1.9%. At 3.7%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 91% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 652, in 300 households. About one in 15: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Chantérac (6.8%).
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Chantérac
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 67 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chantérac, 17% of its 390 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 17% of its homes
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
5.8% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.4% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 22%.
Since 2012, Chantérac has grown +15%, 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
In two steps, +9% to 2017 and +6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Dordogne.
A median age of 45.6: Chantérac is older than 60% 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
■ Chantérac 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
24% of Chantérac’s residents are 65 or older, against 33% in the median Dordogne town and 22% in the median compared French town; 22% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Chantérac, 5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. Couples with children are more common here than in 66% of compared French towns. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€25,630 a year is the median standard of living here
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 median standard of living in Chantérac is €25,630 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Chantérac ranks above 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 47%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Chantérac. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2%, a lower share than 92% of compared French towns
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 make up 1.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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 Chantérac, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Chantérac ranks below 73% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 652 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Chantérac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantérac | 45.6 | 24% | 17% | 2% |
| Saint-Astier 5,376 · 4.1 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 7% | 3.4% |
| Neuvic 3,687 · 5.1 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 7.6% | 4.5% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 7.5 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle 3,187 · 9.9 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 2.7% | 5.4% |
| Mussidan 2,771 · 10.1 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 3.9% | 5.1% |
| Chancelade 4,468 · 10.6 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.4% |
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 Chantérac
What is the population of Chantérac?
652 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (566).
How old are Chantérac’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chantérac?
67, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chantérac?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chantérac?
€25,630 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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