1.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person: 50% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 2.1% of homes are flats in Chalou-Moulineux. On residents aged 15 to 24, Chalou-Moulineux sits lower than 89% of compared French towns: 8.4%. At the 2023 Census, 373 people lived locally, in 170 households.
Throughout this page, the Essonne 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 Chalou-Moulineux
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chalou-Moulineux had 416 residents at the 2012 census and 373 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Chalou-Moulineux’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chalou-Moulineux changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, behind 97% 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 Essonne town +6%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +4%; 2017 to 2023, −13%.
A median age of 51.1: Chalou-Moulineux is older than 86% 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
■ Chalou-Moulineux 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Chalou-Moulineux.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Only 27% of households are one person living alone in Chalou-Moulineux
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 Essonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. Few places have as many single-parent households: 14% here, more than in 93% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of households are couples with children here.
4.6% of homes are second homes, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Turnover: 6.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 27% have lived in their home 30 years or more. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 8.6%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €29,680 a year per consumption unit
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 €29,680 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
Chalou-Moulineux: 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 71% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Chalou-Moulineux. To put it in context, 9.4% of 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).
1.2% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 91% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Chalou-Moulineux has 2.8%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Essonne has 13%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Chalou-Moulineux, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 82% 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
Here 45% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Chalou-Moulineux ranks below 79% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (32%), Chalou-Moulineux is above 56% of compared French towns. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 373 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Chalou-Moulineux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalou-Moulineux | 51.1 | 25% | 4.6% | 2.8% |
| Angerville 4,428 · 5.4 mi | 38.7 | 15% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Le Mérévillois 3,477 · 5.9 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 7.4% | 7.6% |
| Étampes 26,857 · 7 mi | 36 | 14% | 0.7% | 22% |
| Morigny-Champigny 4,412 · 8.7 mi | 47 | 24% | 1% | 6.2% |
| Dourdan 11,415 · 9.8 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 2.2% | 15% |
| Étréchy 6,986 · 10.5 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 1.6% | 8.5% |
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 Chalou-Moulineux
What is the population of Chalou-Moulineux?
373 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (416).
How old are Chalou-Moulineux’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chalou-Moulineux?
9, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chalou-Moulineux?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chalou-Moulineux?
€29,680 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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