Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.5%
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 8.1% in Chailloué. On empty homes, Chailloué sits higher than nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 10%. Census day 2023: 890 residents and 370 households here. For Chailloué, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 24%.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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.
−3% since 2012: slower than 82% 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
Chailloué ranks below 84% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chailloué 39.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Chailloué’s residents are under 39.9, younger than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Locally, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 32%, a higher share than 84% 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Chailloué has fewer one-person households than 70% of compared French towns, at 31%. Here just over one in ten households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Only 2.4% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Chailloué
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 17%. Chailloué has fewer households without a car than 91% of compared French towns, at 4.5%. As a reference point, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,990 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 Chailloué’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,990 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 83% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Locally, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Across the comparison, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
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 usual figure: 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.
In Chailloué, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 70% 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
Here, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
Adults with no qualification come to 19% in Chailloué, about two in ten. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (890 to 2,582 people), the 3rd youngest
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.
Chailloué is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chailloué | 39.9 | 17% | 8.1% | 1% |
| Sées 4,168 · 3.6 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 9.4 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 11.5 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 16.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 17.3 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 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 Chailloué
What is the population of Chailloué?
890 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (920).
How old are Chailloué’s residents?
The median age is 39.9, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chailloué?
37, with occasional dwellings: 8.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chailloué?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chailloué?
€24,990 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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