Only 2.7% of homes are flats in Chaptelat
3.2% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Few places have as many couples with children: 33% here, more than in 86% of compared French towns. Chaptelat had 2,093 residents in 890 households at the 2023 census. Households in social housing: 3.5% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Vienne 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.
Chaptelat’s population changed by +5% since 2012, more than in 51% 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 two steps, +6% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Haute-Vienne.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.5% in Chaptelat, less than in 88% 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
■ Chaptelat 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Chaptelat’s residents are over 44.7, older than in 54% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (19%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 96% of compared French towns: 24%
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-Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households is 5.8%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Households average 2.4 people.
Only 3.2% of households have no car in Chaptelat
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
A quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.1% moved in within the last two years. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. At 1.9%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€28,170 a year: the median standard of living
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 €28,170 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 72% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 6.0%.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 66% of compared French towns: 13%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 12%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Chaptelat (31%). The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Chaptelat ranks below 94% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1%
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 immigrants (2.8%), Chaptelat is below 83% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Single residents make up 17% in Chaptelat, less than in 99% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 50% of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 84% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 34%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,093 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).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Chaptelat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaptelat | 44.7 | 19% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Couzeix 10,195 · 2.5 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 1.2% | 4.8% |
| Rilhac-Rancon 4,805 · 3.8 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.8% |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne 5,775 · 4.8 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.1% | 7.9% |
| Limoges 129,937 · 5.1 mi | 39.5 | 23% | 3.4% | 13% |
| Panazol 11,342 · 6.1 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 0.9% | 7.1% |
| Verneuil-sur-Vienne 4,903 · 7.1 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.4% |
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 Chaptelat
What is the population of Chaptelat?
2,093 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,994).
How old are Chaptelat’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 54% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaptelat?
18, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaptelat?
INSEE counts 60 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chaptelat?
€28,170 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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