Chaumot is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.2
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Chaumot’s 79 households held 164 residents at the 2023 Census. 1.9% of homes are flats. By its share of single-parent households (13%), Chaumot is above 89% of compared French towns.
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 Chaumot
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chaumot, 18% of its 100 homes: higher than in 92% 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 Chaumot’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chaumot had 177 residents at the 2012 census and 164 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chaumot sits above 92% of compared French towns for second homes (18%)
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
38% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.3% moved in within the last two years. Lower than in 62% of compared French towns: 5.9% of homes stand empty. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of households without a car here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A change of −7% since 2012 leaves Chaumot behind 94% 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: −11% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Chaumot ranks above 84% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chaumot 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, above nearly four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Chaumot ranks below 74% of compared French towns on couples with children: 20%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Chaumot has 33%. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
Standard of living at the median: €23,160 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 €23,160 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
In Chaumot, 33% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 55% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.2% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals: 0.6%, below 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 37% of residents 15 and over are married
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
The figure for single residents is 22% in Chaumot and 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Chaumot and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaumot | 53.2 | 29% | 18% | 1.2% |
| Clamecy 3,544 · 15 mi | 49.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 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 Chaumot
What is the population of Chaumot?
164 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (177).
How old are Chaumot’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaumot?
18, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaumot?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chaumot?
€23,160 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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