Chabris is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.7
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Chabris has 50%. Here, 6.3% of households are single parents. On households in social housing, Chabris sits lower than nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 6.5%. There were 1,370 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 2,740 residents.
Throughout this page, the Indre 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 Chabris
An older town
Half of Chabris’ residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 260 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 73% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre town −5%. The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, ±0%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 34%, a higher share than 93% 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
■ Chabris 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 18% of households are couples with children in Chabris
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 1.9 people in the average household. Just over two in five households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
Chabris ranks above 95% of compared French towns on empty homes: 15%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 7% of homes are flats here. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up about one in 13 here (7.8%). Few places have as many households without a car: 12% here, more than in 57% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €24,270 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 €24,270 a year: lower than in 68% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 13.0% of residents.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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 17%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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).
3.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 2.1%, against 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.
A lower share of single residents than 70% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
At 42%, the share of married residents is lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Chabris sits below 97% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (15%)
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, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Chabris, 29%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,713 to 2,770 people: this is the 7th 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 Trieux (37.7), the youngest, and Collioure (60.8), the oldest.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Chabris are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chabris | 53.7 | 34% | 7.8% | 3.2% |
| Selles-sur-Cher 4,184 · 4.5 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 7.2% | 10% |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher 2,678 · 6.2 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 6.1% | 3.8% |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay 18,373 · 8.6 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Noyers-sur-Cher 2,631 · 12.1 mi | 53 | 34% | 11% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Aignan 2,789 · 13.6 mi | 56.5 | 40% | 24% | 7.9% |
| Le Controis-en-Sologne 6,860 · 17.5 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 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 Chabris
What is the population of Chabris?
2,740 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,759).
How old are Chabris’ residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chabris?
140, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chabris?
INSEE counts 87 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 58 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chabris?
€24,270 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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