Chezelles sits below 98% of compared French towns for households without a car (3.1%)
2.6% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Chezelles had 452 residents in 200 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in four: 28% of households are headed by a manual worker. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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.
Chezelles’s population moved ±0% on 2012, less than in 68% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Indre town −5%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 86% of compared French towns: 8.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chezelles 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 20% of residents are 65 or over here. With a median age of 45, Chezelles is older than 57% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 92% of compared French towns: 26%
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
The average household has 2.3 people. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 78% of compared French towns.
Chezelles ranks below 92% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 3.6%
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
Turnover: 5.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 29% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Few places have as many empty homes: 9.7% here, more than in 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 4.4% of homes are second homes in Chezelles.
€25,620 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €25,620 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 23%, a lower share than 89% 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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 5.1% in Chezelles and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2%, a lower share than 91% 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 trails 82% of compared French towns: 1.8%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 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.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The share of married residents is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Chezelles
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
Adults with no qualification make up 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
41 French towns of 452 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th youngest
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Chezelles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chezelles | 45 | 20% | 4.4% | 2% |
| Villedieu-sur-Indre 2,583 · 3.6 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Levroux 2,797 · 6.3 mi | 52 | 31% | 5.3% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Maur 3,537 · 6.4 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 3.3% |
| Déols 7,600 · 7 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 1.3% | 5.3% |
| Buzançais 4,356 · 7.2 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 4.6% | 4.9% |
| Châteauroux 42,963 · 8.2 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 12% |
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 Chezelles
What is the population of Chezelles?
452 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (450).
How old are Chezelles’ residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chezelles?
10, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chezelles?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chezelles?
€25,620 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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