In Chartres, 53% of households are one person living alone, more than in 97% of compared French towns
15% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Higher than in 91% of compared French towns: 72% of homes are flats. Chartres had 38,324 residents in 20,060 households at the 2023 Census. Households in social housing account for 23%.
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 Chartres
Many people living alone
53% of Chartres’ households are one person: higher than in 97% of compared French towns; 43% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −1% since 2012, behind 76% 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 Chartres, 12% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 79% 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
■ Chartres 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Chartres’s residents are under 43.1, younger than in 57% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Across Chartres, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
15% of households are couples with children, below 91% 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 1.9 people on average. More single-parent households than in 59% of compared French towns: 11%. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Chartres ranks above 91% of compared French towns on households without a car: 25%
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, 16% moved in during the last two years and 12% have stayed three decades or more. Few places have as many empty homes: 11% here, more than in 84% of compared French towns. On top of that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 4% in Chartres.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,220 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.
Living standards centre on €25,220 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 58% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 18.7% of residents are below the line.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 13% in Chartres, less than in 60% 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
About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Chartres (31%). Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns: 13%
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 (10%), Chartres is above 83% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
Chartres sits below 95% of compared French towns for married residents (33%)
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 the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Chartres, 34%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 75% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification here. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 36,163 to 40,826
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 Saint-Martin-d'Hères (29.9), the youngest, and Saint-Raphaël (58.9), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Chartres, 3 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chartres | 43.1 | 23% | 4% | 13% |
| Le Coudray 4,038 · 1.4 mi | 45 | 21% | 1.6% | 7.8% |
| Mainvilliers 10,629 · 1.5 mi | 38.8 | 17% | 1.7% | 19% |
| Champhol 3,643 · 1.5 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.6% | 6.7% |
| Luisant 6,945 · 1.8 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Lucé 15,921 · 1.8 mi | 40.6 | 22% | 1.1% | 16% |
| Lèves 5,685 · 2.1 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 0.6% | 4.5% |
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 Chartres
What is the population of Chartres?
38,324 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (38,889).
How old are Chartres’ residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chartres?
930, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chartres?
INSEE counts 4,800 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 3,950 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chartres?
€25,220 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.7% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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