A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.8%
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Chambray, 41%. Single-parent households make up about one in 37 here (2.7%). With a median age of 49, Chambray is older than nearly four fifths of compared French towns. The town is home to 391 residents in 180 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Chambray
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chambray, 13% of its 220 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chambray had 450 residents at the 2012 census and 391 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% of compared French towns
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
With empty homes at 5%, Chambray is behind 74% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 4.6%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Chambray changed by −13% since 2012
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
The change was −6% from 2012 to 2017 and −8% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Eure town −1%.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 61% 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
■ Chambray 49. The median compared French town: 44.
Lower than in 52% of compared French towns: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 28% in Chambray, more than in 68% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Chambray has fewer one-person households than 58% of compared French towns, at 34%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €30,880 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 midpoint of living standards here is €30,880 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 8.1%, a lower share than 87% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 16% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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).
In Chambray, 3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 82% 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 Chambray, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Eure has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 82% of compared French towns. By way of 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 84% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Chambray has 45%. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Chambray, less than in 77% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Chambray, 36%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
No nearby town is as old as Chambray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambray | 49 | 22% | 13% | 3% |
| Pacy-sur-Eure 5,027 · 5.1 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 4.7% |
| Gaillon 6,746 · 5.9 mi | 39.3 | 20% | 1.2% | 15% |
| La Chapelle-Longueville 3,282 · 5.9 mi | 46.1 | 21% | 3.7% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Marcel 4,512 · 6.5 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.9% | 13% |
| Le Val d'Hazey 5,111 · 6.8 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 1.4% | 8.3% |
| Gravigny 4,012 · 7 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.3% | 7.9% |
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 Chambray
What is the population of Chambray?
391 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (450).
How old are Chambray’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chambray?
28, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chambray?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chambray?
€30,880 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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