Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.1% of households have no car
The share of one-person households trails 91% of compared French towns: 26%. In 2023, the Census found 207 residents in Chardonnay, living in 97 households. Across Chardonnay, 5.2% of homes are flats. On households headed by a manager or professional, Chardonnay sits lower than 83% of compared French towns: 5.3%.
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 Chardonnay
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chardonnay, 16% of its 130 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Chardonnay’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
16% of homes are second homes, a share 92% 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. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over one in ten homes stand empty in Chardonnay.
+5% since 2012, a pace 51% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +5%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chardonnay 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 31% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Half of Chardonnay’s residents are over 51.8, older than in 88% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
In Chardonnay, 16% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 88% 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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.1 people share a household. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Chardonnay has 11%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,870 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.
At €28,870 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
In Chardonnay, 5.3% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 96% 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: 32% of the total. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.9% in Chardonnay, less than in 83% 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 Chardonnay, 2.4% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 14%
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 (51%), Chardonnay is above 94% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
Chardonnay sits below 75% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (15%)
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
Nearly a third of Chardonnay’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 15% have no diploma (19%).
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 207 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.
Chardonnay is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chardonnay | 51.8 | 31% | 16% | 2.9% |
| Tournus 5,701 · 4.4 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 9.1 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Cluny 4,942 · 10.7 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 7.9% | 9.5% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 12.2 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 13.5 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 13.7 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
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 Chardonnay
What is the population of Chardonnay?
207 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (197).
How old are Chardonnay’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chardonnay?
22, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chardonnay?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chardonnay?
€28,870 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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