A higher share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns, at 34%
4.9% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Cheillé was home to 1,907 people in 820 households. Second homes: 6.6% of the total. The town has fewer households in social housing than nearly four fifths of compared French towns, at 6.5%.
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 Cheillé
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cheillé grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 71% 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 +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre-et-Loire town +5%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 73% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cheillé 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Cheillé is 43.4, lower than in 55% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are one person living alone, below 83% 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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten households are single parents, more than in 69% of compared French towns.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 4.5% of households have no car
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
One in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 20% have been in their home 30 years or more. The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 7.3%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €26,260 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 €26,260 a year: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 28% 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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Cheillé. Put another way, about one in six: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4% in Cheillé, less than in 73% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Cheillé comes in at 2.4%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Cheillé
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
With married residents at 45%, Cheillé is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Cheillé, less than in 69% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Cheillé. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 12th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,907 to 2,582 people
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).
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Cheillé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheillé | 43.4 | 19% | 6.6% | 4% |
| Azay-le-Rideau 3,438 · 1.1 mi | 46 | 24% | 10% | 5% |
| Langeais 4,367 · 6 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 2.5% | 5.6% |
| Cinq-Mars-la-Pile 4,015 · 6.8 mi | 38.4 | 14% | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| Artannes-sur-Indre 2,795 · 7 mi | 46.4 | 20% | 3.4% | 3.3% |
| Savonnières 3,392 · 8.2 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Monts 8,080 · 9.4 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 1.1% | 2.7% |
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 Cheillé
What is the population of Cheillé?
1,907 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,727).
How old are Cheillé’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cheillé?
63, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cheillé?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cheillé?
€26,260 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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