A higher share of second homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 45%
Here 47% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. About one in 100: that is how common households in social housing are in Champclause (1%). Few places have so few single-parent households: 5.3% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
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 Champclause
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Champclause, 45% of its 240 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 35 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Champclause’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Champclause has 15%. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Households without a car account for 6.1%.
Slower growth than 74% of compared French towns: Champclause changed by −1% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Haute-Loire town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
Champclause is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Champclause 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Champclause. Here, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 77% of compared French towns: 42%
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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 26% here and 25% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €22,000 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 Champclause is €22,000 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5.3% in Champclause, less than in 83% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Champclause has 11%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Champclause, 0.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Champclause ranks above 75% of compared French towns on single residents: 29%
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
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 63% of compared French towns: 26%
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Champclause (19%). Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 201 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Champclause
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champclause | 50.8 | 27% | 45% | 0.5% |
| Yssingeaux 7,415 · 8 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 9.2% | 3.2% |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon 2,501 · 8.2 mi | 57.9 | 38% | 36% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Germain-Laprade 3,432 · 8.9 mi | 47.9 | 23% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| Tence 3,111 · 9.4 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 19% | 1.9% |
| Brives-Charensac 4,244 · 11 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 5.7% |
| Coubon 3,140 · 11.3 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 4.5% | 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 Champclause
What is the population of Champclause?
201 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (203).
How old are Champclause’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champclause?
110, with occasional dwellings: 45% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champclause?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champclause?
€22,000 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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