Photo: Croquant · CC BY-SA 3.0A higher share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns, at 35%
Households without a car: 4.9%, below 89% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Chaingy’s population at 4,116, in 1,640 households. On the census count, 4.4% of homes are flats. At 18%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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 Chaingy
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.6% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 83% of compared French towns: Chaingy changed by +16% since 2012
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 +12%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loiret town +6%.
Younger than 64% of compared French towns: half of Chaingy is under 42.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chaingy 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Chaingy has 9.4%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 95% of compared French towns, at 24%
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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 8.6% of households are single parents in Chaingy. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
5.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 84% 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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.5%. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 5.4%, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM). Turnover: one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Half above, half below €29,390 a year in standard of living
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.
Half of Chaingy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,390 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 81% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 5.0% of residents.
Above 58% of compared French towns: 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Chaingy has 31%. Set beside that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker account for 15%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.7% of Chaingy’s residents
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Chaingy (5.7%). Little separates the share of foreign nationals here, 4%, from the figure 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
By its share of single residents (20%), Chaingy is below 91% of compared French towns. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 34%, a higher share than 62% 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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,081 to 4,150 people), the 10th 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 Survilliers (35.6), the youngest, and Fouras (62.9), the oldest.
Chaingy is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaingy | 42.3 | 18% | 1.5% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Ay 3,766 · 1.8 mi | 41 | 20% | 2.6% | 6.9% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin 11,017 · 2.5 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 1.7% | 14% |
| Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin 3,261 · 2.8 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 3% | 6.1% |
| Ingré 10,062 · 3.5 mi | 40.4 | 17% | 1.1% | 13% |
| Cléry-Saint-André 3,596 · 4 mi | 43 | 20% | 7.3% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin 6,256 · 4.4 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 1.7% | 11% |
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 Chaingy
What is the population of Chaingy?
4,116 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (3,551).
How old are Chaingy’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaingy?
27, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaingy?
INSEE counts 240 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 170 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chaingy?
€29,390 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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