A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.5%
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 4.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Charnizay. 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24. Lower than in 63% of compared French towns: 33% of households are one person living alone. The 2023 Census counted 461 residents in 220 households.
Throughout this page, the Indre-et-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 Charnizay
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 76 second homes and occasional dwellings in Charnizay, 23% of its 330 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Charnizay had 512 residents at the 2012 census and 461 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Charnizay’s residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 23% of its homes
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
8.7% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. On top of that, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, one in ten homes stand empty.
Since 2012, Charnizay has changed by −10%, slower than 97% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Indre-et-Loire town +5%. The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −8% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Charnizay is over 52.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Charnizay 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Charnizay comes in at 29%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 69% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%).
At the median, €23,710 a year to live on
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 €23,710 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Charnizay: 39% of households are headed by a retired person, above 81% 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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 14% in Charnizay. 4.4% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 39% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 78% 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 Charnizay, 3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 89% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Charnizay. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 72% 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, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Charnizay has 23%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (461 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Charnizay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Charnizay
What is the population of Charnizay?
461 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (512).
How old are Charnizay’s residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charnizay?
76, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charnizay?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charnizay?
€23,710 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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