More couples with children than 98% of compared French towns: 38%
By its share of households without a car (2.4%), Chambœuf is below 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,767, in 710 households. Flats make up about one in 11 here (8.8%). Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 3.6%, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loire 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 Chambœuf
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 3.5% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Chambœuf outgrew 80% of compared French towns: +14%
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
In two steps, +10% to 2017 and +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +3% in Loire.
Chambœuf is older than 64% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chambœuf 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
For Chambœuf, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%. Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 20% of households are one person living alone
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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.5 people. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 3.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households in social housing than 90% of compared French towns, at 4.2%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 26%. The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%. Second homes are rarer here than in 68% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €31,730 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.
At €31,730 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
19% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 86% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, one in ten households are headed by a manual worker here. Households headed by a retired person: just over a third of the total. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 90% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
A larger share of 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
18% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
9.4% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 97% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 46% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Chambœuf. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 19th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Older than Chambœuf: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambœuf | 46.1 | 22% | 1.3% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Galmier 5,829 · 1.2 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Veauche 8,975 · 1.8 mi | 47.5 | 27% | 1% | 3.7% |
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon 10,425 · 4.1 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 1.2% | 14% |
| Saint-Héand 3,665 · 4.2 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 2.4% | 1.9% |
| La Fouillouse 4,630 · 5.1 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.3% |
| Chazelles-sur-Lyon 5,543 · 5.5 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.3% |
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 Chambœuf
What is the population of Chambœuf?
1,767 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,551).
How old are Chambœuf’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chambœuf?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chambœuf?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chambœuf?
€31,730 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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