Above 99% of compared French towns: 22% of homes stand empty
The share of households in social housing is 3.4%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten homes are flats, a lower share than in 88% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 740 people lived in Châteldon, in 380 households. One-person households: 43% of the total.
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 Châteldon
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 91 second homes and occasional dwellings in Châteldon, 15% of its 610 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 130 homes empty (22%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Châteldon had 778 residents at the 2012 census and 740 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 15% 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
One household in 14 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. On the census count, 7.3% of households have no car.
Slower growth than 88% of compared French towns: Châteldon changed by −5% since 2012
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 Puy-de-Dôme town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six −4%.
Châteldon is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Châteldon 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 82% of compared French towns: 29%. Across Châteldon, 8.6% 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: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 18%, a lower share than 80% 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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 1.9 people on average. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 58% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents.
Median living standard: €24,460 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,460 a year: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Châteldon ranks above 88% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 42%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Châteldon has 11%. At the same time, households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 57% of compared French towns. Across the 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).
Châteldon ranks below 76% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.6%
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: 2.3% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
Married residents make up 42% in Châteldon, less than in 56% 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
The share of single residents stands at 25%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 42% and 3.9%, and 8.4% are widowed.
Châteldon ranks below 69% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 25%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 740 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th 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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Châteldon, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteldon | 50.6 | 29% | 15% | 3.6% |
| Puy-Guillaume 2,630 · 2.4 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 2.7% | 4% |
| Saint-Yorre 2,641 · 7.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Thiers 11,637 · 8.1 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 3.8% | 11% |
| Abrest 2,915 · 9.4 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Maringues 3,141 · 10.2 mi | 40.9 | 21% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 11.6 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
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 Châteldon
What is the population of Châteldon?
740 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (778).
How old are Châteldon’s residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Châteldon?
91, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Châteldon?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Châteldon?
€24,460 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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