Chambilly is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.4
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 97% of compared French towns: 49%. Few places have so few couples with children: 16% here, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. Chambilly had 464 residents in 230 households at the 2023 Census. About one in 34: that is how common households in social housing are in Chambilly (2.9%).
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 Chambilly
An older town
Half of Chambilly’s residents are under 53.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chambilly had 500 residents at the 2012 census and 464 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chambilly changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, behind 93% 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 those years, the median Saône-et-Loire town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then −9% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 34% in Chambilly, more than in 93% 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
■ Chambilly 53.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.5% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 58% of compared French towns, at 37%
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
Households average 2 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Chambilly sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
In Chambilly, 8.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 86% 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 8.2% in Chambilly. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Here, 9.8% of homes are flats. On households without a car, Chambilly sits lower than 62% of compared French towns: 8.6%.
A median of €23,330 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.
Living standards centre on €23,330 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 72% of compared French towns, at 6.4%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Chambilly. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten 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).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 62% of compared French towns: 3.2%
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 Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Chambilly sits below 94% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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 figure for married residents is 49% in Chambilly and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 92% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Chambilly has 28%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 464 to 2,582
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.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Chambilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambilly | 53.4 | 34% | 8.2% | 6.9% |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu 2,588 · 11 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 1.2% | 5.1% |
| Charlieu 3,766 · 11.5 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 7.2% | 4.1% |
| Paray-le-Monial 9,291 · 12.9 mi | 54.2 | 36% | 3.4% | 7.2% |
| Digoin 7,353 · 14.2 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 1.9% | 15% |
| Mably 7,233 · 14.8 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 0.8% | 7.8% |
| Renaison 3,231 · 16.3 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.4% | 2.2% |
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 Chambilly
What is the population of Chambilly?
464 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (500).
How old are Chambilly’s residents?
The median age is 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chambilly?
23, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chambilly?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chambilly?
€23,330 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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