2.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Chambon-la-Forêt has 4.6%. 26% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in four. Fewer households in social housing than in 92% of compared French towns: 3.5%. The town had 965 residents in 400 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Chambon-la-Forêt
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 60 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chambon-la-Forêt, 13% of its 480 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 8.9% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.3% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. 4.6% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, Chambon-la-Forêt outgrew 52% of compared French towns: +5%
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
The first five years brought +3%; the six to 2023, +2%.
In Chambon-la-Forêt, 19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 70% 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
■ Chambon-la-Forêt 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Chambon-la-Forêt is 42.2, lower than in 64% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in nine.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Chambon-la-Forêt sits above 90% of compared French towns for couples with children (34%)
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
Single-parent households: 8.9% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 27% of households are one person living alone.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,730 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.
The median standard of living in Chambon-la-Forêt is €26,730 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
7.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 62% 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
Across Chambon-la-Forêt, a third of households are headed by a retired person. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.4% of residents are immigrants in Chambon-la-Forêt
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.
Here 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Chambon-la-Forêt sits below 80% of compared French towns for single residents (22%)
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 72% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 965 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Chambon-la-Forêt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambon-la-Forêt | 42.2 | 19% | 13% | 3.4% |
| Pithiviers 8,856 · 8 mi | 40.7 | 22% | 3.7% | 24% |
| Loury 2,616 · 10.2 mi | 44 | 18% | 3.3% | 4.7% |
| Traînou 3,402 · 10.5 mi | 41.4 | 16% | 1.4% | 3.8% |
| Neuville-aux-Bois 4,987 · 11 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Fay-aux-Loges 3,916 · 11.3 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 2.4% | 3.7% |
| Puiseaux 3,299 · 12.9 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 3.2% | 6.8% |
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 Chambon-la-Forêt
What is the population of Chambon-la-Forêt?
965 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (916).
How old are Chambon-la-Forêt’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chambon-la-Forêt?
60, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chambon-la-Forêt?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chambon-la-Forêt?
€26,730 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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