More second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 36%
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 172 residents in Chitray, living in 77 households. Locally, 0.8% of homes stand empty. Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Chitray comes in at 7.5%.
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 Chitray
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 43 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chitray, 36% of its 120 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Chitray’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chitray ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 1.3%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 34% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 3.9% (under two years). By way of comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Chitray’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 57% 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 +9%; from 2017 to 2023, −5%.
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Chitray is over 50.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chitray 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Chitray, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 27%, a lower share than 90% 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Chitray, 27%. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median of €24,390 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,390 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 20% in Chitray, less than in 95% 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
6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). What’s more, households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. Typically, 32% 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).
Only 3.5% of residents are immigrants in Chitray
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 56%
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
In Chitray, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 67% 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
Locally, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (172 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 4 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Chitray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chitray | 50.8 | 23% | 36% | 3.5% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 8.5 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Le Blanc 6,164 · 13.6 mi | 52.8 | 34% | 9.2% | 4.4% |
| Villedieu-sur-Indre 2,583 · 16.6 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Buzançais 4,356 · 17.5 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 4.6% | 4.9% |
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 Chitray
What is the population of Chitray?
172 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (167).
How old are Chitray’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chitray?
43, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chitray?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chitray?
€24,390 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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