Photo: Daniel Jolivet · CC BY 2.0Châtillon-sur-Loire ranks above 89% of compared French towns on second homes: 11%
Half of Châtillon-sur-Loire’s residents are over 48.6, older than in 77% of compared French towns. The town’s 1,440 households held 3,065 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in five: 22% of households are couples with children. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Châtillon-sur-Loire has 7%.
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 Châtillon-sur-Loire
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 210 second homes and occasional dwellings in Châtillon-sur-Loire, 11% of its 1,900 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 85% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 240 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Châtillon-sur-Loire: 13% of homes stand empty, above 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Châtillon-sur-Loire comes in at 13%. About one in ten: that is how common households without a car are in Châtillon-sur-Loire (10%). Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 79% of compared French towns grew faster than Châtillon-sur-Loire: −2%
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
Over those years, the median Loiret town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then −3% to 2023.
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 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
■ Châtillon-sur-Loire 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 63% of compared French towns, at 38%
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: 8.5%, below 74% of compared French towns. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,950 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 Châtillon-sur-Loire is €24,950 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 15.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 69% of compared French towns, at 36%
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 Châtillon-sur-Loire, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. 7% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 36% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 84% of compared French towns: 2.7%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Châtillon-sur-Loire comes in at 1.6%. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Châtillon-sur-Loire sits below 66% of compared French towns for married residents (41%)
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
Across Châtillon-sur-Loire, just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Châtillon-sur-Loire, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 81% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Châtillon-sur-Loire, 24%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 3,037 to 3,089 people: this is the 17th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Pont-à-Vendin (35.9), the youngest, and Breuillet (62.5), the oldest.
Châtillon-sur-Loire is younger than 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châtillon-sur-Loire | 48.6 | 27% | 11% | 2.7% |
| Briare 4,911 · 3.9 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Gien 13,459 · 9.2 mi | 43.2 | 24% | 5.9% | 19% |
| Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire 9,733 · 15.2 mi | 54.4 | 36% | 8.3% | 6.7% |
| Aubigny-sur-Nère 5,451 · 16.1 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 4.8% | 5.2% |
| Nogent-sur-Vernisson 2,559 · 17.6 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 4.8% | 8.9% |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire 2,543 · 18 mi | 45 | 20% | 7.4% | 3.2% |
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 Châtillon-sur-Loire
What is the population of Châtillon-sur-Loire?
3,065 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (3,137).
How old are Châtillon-sur-Loire’s residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 77% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Châtillon-sur-Loire?
210, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Châtillon-sur-Loire?
INSEE counts 84 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 49 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Châtillon-sur-Loire?
€24,950 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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