Below 96% of compared French towns: 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. La Chapelle-Gauthier’s 180 households held 406 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker here. Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in La Chapelle-Gauthier comes in at 6.4%.
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 La Chapelle-Gauthier
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Chapelle-Gauthier, 12% of its 210 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 89% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 3.8% of homes stand empty. Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town.
La Chapelle-Gauthier’s population moved +2% on 2012, less than in 62% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Eure town −1%.
A median age of 50.4: La Chapelle-Gauthier is older than 84% 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
■ La Chapelle-Gauthier 50.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% in La Chapelle-Gauthier.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 14%, a higher share than 93% 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
A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 31% in La Chapelle-Gauthier. At the same time, at 29%, the share of one-person households is lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
Median standard of living: €23,870 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,870 a year: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 43% of households are headed by a retired person
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Chapelle-Gauthier ranks below 67% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.7%
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.
The median compared commune in Eure has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 67% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.7% 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in La Chapelle-Gauthier, 54%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 12% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in La Chapelle-Gauthier, 28%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 406 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th 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.
La Chapelle-Gauthier and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-Gauthier | 50.4 | 22% | 12% | 4.7% |
| Bernay 9,765 · 9.4 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 9.5 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 2.3% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 9.6 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 11.9 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 12.4 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Lisieux 19,645 · 15.1 mi | 47 | 28% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
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 La Chapelle-Gauthier
What is the population of La Chapelle-Gauthier?
406 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (399).
How old are La Chapelle-Gauthier’s residents?
The median age is 50.4, older than 84% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Chapelle-Gauthier?
24, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Chapelle-Gauthier?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Chapelle-Gauthier?
€23,870 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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