Chamaret is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.4
3.9% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Census figures put households in social housing at 0.4% in Chamaret. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 9.6%, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 542 residents in 270 households.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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 Chamaret
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 94 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chamaret, 24% of its 390 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Chamaret’s residents are under 53.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chamaret sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (24%)
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
Of all households, 8.6% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. Chamaret has more empty homes than 63% of compared French towns, at 7.9%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes.
Chamaret changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 80% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Drôme town +8%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, −1%.
Chamaret sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.6%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chamaret 53.4. The median compared French town: 44.
A third of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Single-parent households: 5.6%, a lower share than 98% 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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 39% of households are one person living alone here. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Locally, 17% of households are couples with children.
A typical living standard of €24,840 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 €24,840 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 44%
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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 13% in Chamaret. This Drôme town has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 51% of compared French towns, at 9.2%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 64% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Chamaret comes in at 7.8%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% 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.
In Chamaret, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 89% 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
47% are married and 6.9% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 6.8% are widowed. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns: 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 32% in Chamaret. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 542 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).
No nearby town is as old as Chamaret
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamaret | 53.4 | 33% | 24% | 7.8% |
| Valréas 9,224 · 5.5 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 4.6% | 14% |
| Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux 8,981 · 6.5 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 6.6% | 8.8% |
| Donzère 6,008 · 9 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 7.5% |
| Pierrelatte 13,756 · 9.1 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Bollène 14,024 · 9.8 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.6% | 14% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 10.4 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
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 Chamaret
What is the population of Chamaret?
542 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (556).
How old are Chamaret’s residents?
The median age is 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chamaret?
94, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chamaret?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chamaret?
€24,840 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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