In Chaintré, 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 4.4% of households have no car. The 2023 Census counted 569 residents in 240 households. In Chaintré, 27% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Chaintré
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 4.3% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chaintré grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 60% 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
In two steps, +10% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Saône-et-Loire.
Half of Chaintré is over 46, older than 64% 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
■ Chaintré 46. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 4.3% of households are single parents
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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 34%, more than in 89% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
8.1% of homes are second homes, a share 86% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 24% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.6% (under two years). 9.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
A median of €29,320 a year per consumption unit
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 Chaintré’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,320 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 22%, a higher share than 90% 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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Put another way, about one in three: just over a third of households are headed by a retired person. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.8% of residents are foreign nationals, below 67% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Chaintré, 5.2%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 54% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Single residents: 21% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 84% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 569 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Chaintré
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaintré | 46 | 22% | 8.1% | 5.2% |
| Crêches-sur-Saône 3,198 · 1.2 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 0.5% | 7.1% |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay 4,018 · 3.1 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 3.1% | 4.4% |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8,227 · 3.7 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.9% | 6% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 4.4 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne 2,934 · 5.9 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| Replonges 3,956 · 6.1 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
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 Chaintré
What is the population of Chaintré?
569 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (531).
How old are Chaintré’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaintré?
24, with occasional dwellings: 8.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaintré?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chaintré?
€29,320 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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