Châtin is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 61
Here one in ten households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. 84 residents in 49 households: that is Châtin at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person account for 60%. On flats, Châtin sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 3.8%.
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 Châtin
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Châtin, 42% of its 110 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Châtin’s residents are under 61 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Châtin had 101 residents at the 2012 census and 84 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Châtin’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 44% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Châtin: 42% of homes are second homes, above 96% 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
By its share of empty homes (11%), Châtin is above 86% of compared French towns. Households without a car account for 8.2%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
A −17% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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
In two steps, −13% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −8% in Nièvre.
Châtin ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 1.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Châtin 61. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 38%, above 97% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Châtin: 50% of households are one person living alone, above 94% 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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.7 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Châtin ranks below 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 10%
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: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 84% of compared French towns: 11%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are immigrants here. The median compared commune in Nièvre has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 73% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
In Châtin, 40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 68% 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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Châtin
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, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Châtin has 22%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 84 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
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 Châtin
What is the population of Châtin?
84 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (101).
How old are Châtin’s residents?
The median age is 61, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8.3% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Châtin?
44, with occasional dwellings: 42% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Châtin?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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