In Châtel-Guyon, 1.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
The median age in Châtel-Guyon is 48.2, higher than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. The town is home to 6,299 residents in 3,050 households, by the 2023 Census. In Châtel-Guyon, 11% of homes stand empty. Households headed by a manager or professional: 16%, above 79% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Châtel-Guyon
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 540 second homes and occasional dwellings in Châtel-Guyon, 13% of its 4,040 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 21% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Châtel-Guyon, 13% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% 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
Just over one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 19% have stayed 30 years or more. Châtel-Guyon has fewer households without a car than nearly two thirds of compared French towns, at 8.2%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. By its share of flats (38%), Châtel-Guyon is above 61% of compared French towns.
Châtel-Guyon changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 56% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%. The first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, +2%.
Châtel-Guyon ranks above 70% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Châtel-Guyon 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 77% of compared French towns: 9.2%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 21% of households are couples with children
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. One-person households are more common here than in 69% of compared French towns. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are single parents in Châtel-Guyon.
€29,240 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Châtel-Guyon is €29,240 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 80% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker: 11%, a lower share than 72% 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
Households headed by a retired person make up 34%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.9% of Châtel-Guyon’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.
About one in 17: that is how common immigrants are in Châtel-Guyon (5.9%). Compared with other places, foreign nationals are scarce here: 3.6%, fewer than in 56% 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.
A higher share of married residents than 71% of compared French towns, at 46%
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 23% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 80% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Graduates of higher education: 39% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 6,234 to 6,367 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.
The youngest is Pont-de-Chéruy (33.9), the oldest Fleurance (54.3).
Older than Châtel-Guyon: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Châtel-Guyon
What is the population of Châtel-Guyon?
6,299 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (6,100).
How old are Châtel-Guyon’s residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 76% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Châtel-Guyon?
540, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Châtel-Guyon?
INSEE counts 370 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 230 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Châtel-Guyon?
€29,240 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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