Flats: 1.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
3.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24. Households without a car are rarer here than in 72% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 605 residents in Charrin, living in 280 households.
Throughout this page, the Nièvre 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 Charrin
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 54 second homes and occasional dwellings in Charrin, 14% of its 390 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Charrin’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 50 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.
A larger share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Turnover: 5.3% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 27% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Higher than in 91% of compared French towns: 13% of homes stand empty. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 68% 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 −8% for the median Nièvre town, the change came in two steps: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
Half of Charrin is over 52.5, older than 90% 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
■ Charrin 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 31% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Charrin ranks below 89% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 7.1%
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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.1 people. The census found that nearly a third of households are one person living alone in Charrin. At 23%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 60% of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,250 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 Charrin’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,250 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
45% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 92% 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
About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Charrin (14%). The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.8%, a lower share than 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.
The median compared commune in Nièvre has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 2.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Here 54% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Charrin, 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 97% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (25%), Charrin is above 77% of compared French towns. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 605 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Charrin sits below 3 of its 4 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charrin | 52.5 | 31% | 14% | 2.8% |
| Decize 4,932 · 6.5 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 5.3% | 4.3% |
| La Machine 3,192 · 8.9 mi | 54.8 | 35% | 6.2% | 4% |
| Bourbon-Lancy 4,674 · 14.7 mi | 57.2 | 39% | 14% | 4.3% |
| Imphy 3,182 · 17.8 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 2.6% | 6.5% |
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 Charrin
What is the population of Charrin?
605 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (603).
How old are Charrin’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charrin?
54, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charrin?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charrin?
€24,250 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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