Couples with children: 38%, a higher share than 97% of compared French towns
In Challet, 4.9% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 429 residents in 170 households: that is Challet at the 2023 Census. Locally, 4% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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 Challet
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 8.5% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Challet has changed by −1%, slower than 75% 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
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 75% 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
■ Challet 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.7%), Challet is below 69% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 43.6, Challet is younger than 53% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 25%, a lower share than 94% 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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.5 people on average. Challet has fewer single-parent households than 74% of compared French towns, at 8.5%. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Challet ranks below 93% of compared French towns on empty homes: 3.4%
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
In the last two years, 1.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 28% have stayed 30 years or more. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 2%, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €28,700 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.
The median standard of living in Challet is €28,700 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 95% of compared French towns: 20%
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 8.6% in Challet. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 17% here. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 67% of compared French towns, at 4.6%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (3%), Challet is below 65% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
Married residents make up 48% in Challet, more 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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Challet has 22%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification: 22%, above 67% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (429 to 2,582 people), the 15th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Challet sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challet | 43.6 | 18% | 2% | 4.6% |
| Lèves 5,685 · 5.9 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 0.6% | 4.5% |
| Pierres 2,788 · 6.4 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 3.1% | 5.1% |
| Champhol 3,643 · 6.9 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.6% | 6.7% |
| Maintenon 4,494 · 7.1 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 4.5% | 8.9% |
| Mainvilliers 10,629 · 7.2 mi | 38.8 | 17% | 1.7% | 19% |
| Nogent-le-Roi 4,021 · 7.3 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 3.1% | 8.8% |
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 Challet
What is the population of Challet?
429 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (434).
How old are Challet’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Challet?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Challet?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Challet?
€28,700 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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