A median age of 56.5: Chazelet is older than 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Chazelet’s population at 124, in 65 households. Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households are couples with children. Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker here.
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 Chazelet
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chazelet, 32% of its 95 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Chazelet’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
32% of homes in Chazelet are second 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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.8% of households have no car here. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. 25% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.2% moved in within the last two years.
Chazelet’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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre town −5%.
3.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Chazelet 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Chazelet, 29%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
46% of households are one person living alone, more than in 87% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.9 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
At the median, €19,850 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 median standard of living in Chazelet is €19,850 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 79% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Chazelet, 8.9% of residents are foreign nationals, more 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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 8.1% in Chazelet. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 61% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%. Set beside that, 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 Chazelet, 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, 42% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns, at 22%
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 Chazelet, just over a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (124 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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).
Chazelet and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chazelet | 56.5 | 29% | 32% | 8.1% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 6.4 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
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 Chazelet
What is the population of Chazelet?
124 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (118).
How old are Chazelet’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chazelet?
31, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chazelet?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (8.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chazelet?
€19,850 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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