Chanteau sits above 97% of compared French towns for couples with children (38%)
1.6% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,590 residents and 620 households in Chanteau. Locally, 4% of homes are flats.
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 Chanteau
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 7.2% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chanteau grew +15% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 82% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +6% for the median Loiret town, the change came in two steps: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
A median age of 40.5: Chanteau is younger than 77% 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
■ Chanteau 40.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 18% of residents are 65 or over here. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 11 here (9.1%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Chanteau sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (20%)
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
The typical household size is 2.5 people. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Across Chanteau, 7.2% of households are single parents.
8.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 69% 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: 1.6%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%.
A median standard of living of €30,150 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,150 a year: higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 64% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Households headed by a retired person: 30% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 1.9%, a lower share than 80% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. For Chanteau, the census puts immigrants at 5.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Chanteau sits above 93% of compared French towns for married residents (51%)
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 single residents trails 92% of compared French towns: 20%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 11%
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
38% of Chanteau’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 11% have no diploma (19%).
Of 41 French towns its size (1,590 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Chanteau
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chanteau | 40.5 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.1% |
| Semoy 3,269 · 2.5 mi | 46.8 | 21% | 0.8% | 8% |
| Fleury-les-Aubrais 21,804 · 3.4 mi | 38.2 | 18% | 1.2% | 18% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Braye 23,147 · 3.9 mi | 37.6 | 16% | 1.2% | 16% |
| Saran 17,316 · 4.2 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Chécy 9,083 · 5.2 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 8.2% |
| Orléans 116,357 · 5.7 mi | 35.1 | 17% | 4% | 20% |
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 Chanteau
What is the population of Chanteau?
1,590 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (1,382).
How old are Chanteau’s residents?
The median age is 40.5, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chanteau?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chanteau?
INSEE counts 81 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chanteau?
€30,150 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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