31% of homes in Charencey are second homes
Empty homes: 3.7%, below 90% of compared French towns. Charencey has fewer flats than 93% of compared French towns, at 6.5%. The 2023 Census counted 754 residents in 350 households. Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of households are single parents.
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 Charencey
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Charencey, 31% of its 540 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Charencey had 888 residents at the 2012 census and 754 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Charencey, 5.9% of households have no car, fewer than in 81% 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
Car-free households: one in 17, where the median compared French town has 11%. Households in social housing make up about one in 12 here (8.5%).
Slower than most: −15% since 2012, behind 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Orne town −5%.
A median age of 47.4: Charencey is older than 71% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Charencey 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.5%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 61% of compared French towns: 23%
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, 2.1 people share a household. A third of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children.
€22,930 a year: the median 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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,930 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Charencey: 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 61% 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are headed by a retired person in Charencey. Here, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Typically, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.8% of Charencey’s 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.
The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 52% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.8% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Charencey sits above 61% of compared French towns for single residents (27%)
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
On the census count, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns: 24%
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%; Charencey has 24%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 754 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Charencey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charencey | 47.4 | 25% | 31% | 6.8% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 6.1 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 7.4 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton 7,193 · 9.9 mi | 50 | 29% | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 10 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 13.1 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Senonches 3,045 · 13.6 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 8.6% | 2.7% |
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 Charencey
What is the population of Charencey?
754 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (888).
How old are Charencey’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 71% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charencey?
170, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charencey?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charencey?
€22,930 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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