Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.6%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Chaulieu had 274 residents in 120 households at the 2023 Census. One-person households: 25% of the total. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Chaulieu has 21%.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Chaulieu
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chaulieu, 20% of its 170 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chaulieu had 297 residents at the 2012 census and 274 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
20% of homes in Chaulieu 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
Empty homes: 10% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. 5% of households have no car, or about one in 20. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
From 2012 to 2023, 94% of compared French towns grew faster than Chaulieu: −8%
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, −7%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Manche town ±0%.
Half of Chaulieu is over 48.3, older than 76% 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
■ Chaulieu 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 4.2% in Chaulieu, less than in 99% 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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children is 29%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
€24,740 a year: the median 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,740 a year: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
33% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 55% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Chaulieu, 11% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 84% 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 higher than in 73% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Chaulieu has 11%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 15% in Chaulieu, less than in 99% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Chaulieu has 50%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 21% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Chaulieu has 27%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 274 to 2,582 people
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).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Chaulieu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaulieu | 48.3 | 20% | 20% | 11% |
| Sourdeval 3,026 · 2.9 mi | 59 | 39% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Vire Normandie 17,457 · 6.1 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.6% |
| Tinchebray-Bocage 4,813 · 6.4 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 9.3 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Noues de Sienne 4,207 · 9.6 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 12% | 4.9% |
| Valdallière 5,696 · 9.9 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 7.4% | 2.8% |
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 Chaulieu
What is the population of Chaulieu?
274 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (297).
How old are Chaulieu’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaulieu?
34, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaulieu?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chaulieu?
€24,740 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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