Only 1.4% of homes are flats in Chandai
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Chandai comes in at 6.7%. Census day 2023: 672 residents and 280 households here. Put another way, about one in 29: 3.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). This Orne town has fewer households without a car than 94% of compared French towns, at 4.1%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Chandai
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 48 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chandai, 13% of its 360 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 6.9% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 13% of homes are second homes
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, 2.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 21% have stayed 30 years or more. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 7.3%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Chandai has changed by +2%, slower than 61% 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
The change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Orne town −5%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 67% of compared French towns, at 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chandai 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Chandai’s residents are over 45.2, older than in 58% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 88% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Households average 2.4 people. On one-person households, Chandai sits lower than 83% of compared French towns: 28%. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The figure for single-parent households is 6.9% in Chandai and 10% in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €26,450 a year to live on
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 median standard of living in Chandai is €26,450 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
In Chandai, 27% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 76% 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are common here: 14%, more than in 53% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, below 87% 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 figure for immigrants is 3.3% in Chandai and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 49% in Chandai. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Chandai has 17%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 672 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Chandai
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandai | 45.2 | 25% | 13% | 3.3% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 5.1 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton 7,193 · 8.2 mi | 50 | 29% | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| Breteuil 4,282 · 9.4 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 9% | 3.2% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 11.2 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 12.5 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 14.9 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
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 Chandai
What is the population of Chandai?
672 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (658).
How old are Chandai’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chandai?
48, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chandai?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chandai?
€26,450 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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