Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Chadrac is over 53.1
In Chadrac, nearly half of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Across Chadrac, a fifth of households are couples with children. 2,542 residents in 1,250 households: that is Chadrac at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Loire 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 Chadrac
An older town
Half of Chadrac’s residents are under 53.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chadrac had 2,654 residents at the 2012 census and 2,542 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chadrac’s population moved −4% on 2012, less than in 86% 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
The median Haute-Loire town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −5% and the next six +1%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 32%, a higher share than 90% 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
■ Chadrac 53.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Chadrac has 8.6%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
6.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 92% 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 Haute-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 39% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 67% of compared French towns.
Chadrac: 12% of households have no car, above 59% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.4%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 28%. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.8%.
Median living standard: €26,560 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,560 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 56% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 14.0% of residents.
In Chadrac, 6.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 73% 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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 64% of compared French towns: 8.7%
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 Haute-Loire has 3.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 64% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.4% of residents are foreign nationals in Chadrac.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Chadrac ranks above 81% of compared French towns on married residents: 47%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Chadrac. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Chadrac
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: a fifth of the total. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,507 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Chadrac is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chadrac | 53.1 | 32% | 1.8% | 8.7% |
| Brives-Charensac 4,244 · 1.5 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 5.7% |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 18,540 · 1.6 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 5.9% | 12% |
| Polignac 2,819 · 1.9 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 6.3% | 1.8% |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 3,585 · 1.9 mi | 47 | 25% | 2.4% | 6.5% |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 3,395 · 2.5 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Germain-Laprade 3,432 · 3.5 mi | 47.9 | 23% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
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 Chadrac
What is the population of Chadrac?
2,542 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (2,654).
How old are Chadrac’s residents?
The median age is 53.1, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chadrac?
24, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chadrac?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.7% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (6.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chadrac?
€26,560 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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