Chaillac is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 59.8
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Chaillac comes in at 11%. The town’s 520 households held 1,021 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Chaillac, 41% of households are headed by a retired person. Fewer flats than in 94% of compared French towns: 6.3%.
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 Chaillac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 320 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chaillac, 36% of its 870 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Chaillac’s residents are under 59.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chaillac had 1,103 residents at the 2012 census and 1,021 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 36% in Chaillac, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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
Empty homes: 4.2% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM). Few places have as many households without a car: 12% here, more than in 58% of compared French towns.
−7% since 2012: slower than 94% 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 change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Indre town −5%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns, at 42%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chaillac 59.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Chaillac has 7.5%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
Chaillac sits above 74% of compared French towns for one-person households (41%)
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
A household here holds 1.8 people on average. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. At 11%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €21,620 a year per consumption unit
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 Chaillac is €21,620 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 72% of compared French towns: 11%
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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (6.8%), Chaillac is below 70% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 11% in Chaillac, more than in 85% 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 median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Roughly one in ten: 12% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 62% 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, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Chaillac. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 93% of compared French towns: 31%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,021 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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).
Chaillac is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaillac | 59.8 | 42% | 36% | 12% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 15 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 16.2 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
| Le Blanc 6,164 · 17.6 mi | 52.8 | 34% | 9.2% | 4.4% |
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 Chaillac
What is the population of Chaillac?
1,021 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,103).
How old are Chaillac’s residents?
The median age is 59.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaillac?
320, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaillac?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chaillac?
€21,620 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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