A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4.7%
24% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Chelers has fewer households without a car than 82% of compared French towns, at 5.8%. Census day 2023: 247 residents and 100 households in the town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 18%.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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 Chelers
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chelers had 279 residents at the 2012 census and 247 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chelers changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, behind 98% 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 Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Younger than 54% of compared French towns: half of Chelers is under 43.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chelers 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 29% in Chelers, less than in 81% 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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 28%, more than in 65% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
10% of homes stand empty, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 41%. Without a car: one household in 17, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Median standard of living: €27,000 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 €27,000 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Chelers sits below 86% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (24%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Chelers has 14%. Typically, nearly a third 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).
Chelers: 0% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 28%, a higher share than 69% 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
By its share of married residents (45%), Chelers is above 68% of compared French towns. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 18%, a lower share than 54% 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 Chelers, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 13th youngest of 41 French towns of 247 to 2,582 people
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.
Around Chelers, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelers | 43.5 | 18% | 0% | 0% |
| Houdain 6,945 · 6.2 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 6.6 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Divion 6,766 · 6.7 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 0.7% | 1% |
| Haillicourt 5,064 · 7.7 mi | 38.9 | 18% | 0.1% | 0.9% |
| Bruay-la-Buissière 21,424 · 7.8 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Calonne-Ricouart 5,369 · 7.9 mi | 41 | 20% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
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 Chelers
What is the population of Chelers?
247 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (279).
How old are Chelers’ residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chelers?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chelers?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chelers?
€27,000 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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