A median age of 55: Le Charme is older than 94% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put households without a car at 3.3% in Le Charme. In 2023, the Census found 139 residents locally, living in 64 households. 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 17% locally.
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 Le Charme
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Charme, 29% of its 110 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Le Charme’s residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Charme had 149 residents at the 2012 census and 139 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 29% of homes are second homes
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
In the last two years, 1.7% of households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Fewer flats than in 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%. Still, the figure for empty homes is 12% in Le Charme and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Le Charme changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 92% 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
Over those years, the median Loiret town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then −8% to 2023.
Le Charme: 34% of residents are 65 or over, above 93% 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
■ Le Charme 55. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Le Charme. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Single-parent households: 8.3%, a lower share than 76% of compared French towns
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
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Le Charme has 33%. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,650 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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,650 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Le Charme: 25% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 96% 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
42% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 1.5% in Le Charme, less than in 86% 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.
6.9% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 14. That is higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 80% of compared French towns
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
Locally, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
23% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (139 to 2,582 people), the 6th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Le Charme and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Charme | 55 | 34% | 29% | 6.9% |
| Charny Orée de Puisaye 4,900 · 8.1 mi | 56 | 35% | 23% | 3.3% |
| Nogent-sur-Vernisson 2,559 · 12.1 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 4.8% | 8.9% |
| Toucy 2,571 · 14.9 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Courtenay 3,772 · 15.6 mi | 53.7 | 35% | 6.8% | 5.1% |
| Briare 4,911 · 16.2 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Amilly 13,582 · 16.3 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2% | 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 Le Charme
What is the population of Le Charme?
139 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (149).
How old are Le Charme’s residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Charme?
32, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Charme?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Charme?
€22,650 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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