A smaller share of households without a car than 98% of compared French towns: 3.2%
With a median age of 49.3, Chamant is older than just over four fifths of compared French towns. The town’s 410 households held 1,043 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of second homes stands at 5.2%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 20% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Oise 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.
Chamant grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 78% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Oise town +2%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, +15%.
Chamant sits above 88% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (31%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chamant 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.7% in Chamant and 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of one-person households than 78% of compared French towns, at 30%
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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Chamant has more couples with children than 74% of compared French towns, at 30%. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. The figure for single-parent households is 8.6% in Chamant and 10% in the typical compared French town.
3.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 91% 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
In the last two years, 9.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Chamant has fewer flats than 75% of compared French towns, at 16%. Against that, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. On empty homes, 6.3% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €36,590 a year in 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €36,590 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 84% of compared French towns: 8.6%
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 37% in Chamant and 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.5% of residents are immigrants, a share 57% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
4.2% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 50% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 84% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Few places have as many married residents: 44% here, more than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns: 46%
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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,043 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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.
Chamant is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamant | 49.3 | 31% | 5.2% | 7.5% |
| Senlis 15,157 · 1.7 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Pont-Sainte-Maxence 12,361 · 5.6 mi | 38.8 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Verneuil-en-Halatte 4,775 · 5.6 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
| Pontpoint 3,275 · 5.9 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 1.5% | 4.1% |
| Creil 36,301 · 6.6 mi | 31.8 | 11% | 0.6% | 34% |
| Chantilly 10,591 · 7.1 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 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 Chamant
What is the population of Chamant?
1,043 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (920).
How old are Chamant’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chamant?
24, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chamant?
INSEE counts 78 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chamant?
€36,590 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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