More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 21%
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.1%, Le Châtelard is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. Its 310 households held 686 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car stands at 6.2%. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 4.6% of households are single parents.
Throughout this page, the Savoie 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 Le Châtelard
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 86 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Châtelard, 21% of its 420 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 86% 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.
A higher share of households in social housing than 78% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
At 5.9%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. 14% of households moved in less than two years ago; 13% have been in their home 30 years or more. Le Châtelard has more flats than 53% of compared French towns, at 32%. In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Slower growth than 53% of compared French towns: Le Châtelard changed by +4% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Savoie town +9%.
Half of Le Châtelard is over 45.5, older than 60% 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
■ Le Châtelard 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
More residents aged 65 and over than in 54% of compared French towns: 23%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 61% 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 Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.1 people. At 25%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 53% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,550 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 residents live in households above €25,550 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a retired person, below 83% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (13%), Le Châtelard is above 66% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 20% here.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Le Châtelard ranks below 68% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.5%
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 Savoie has 7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Locally, 3.9% of residents are foreign nationals. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
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 married residents than 96% of compared French towns: 32%
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 census found that nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Le Châtelard. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Le Châtelard ranks below 92% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Le Châtelard, 41%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 686 to 2,582 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Le Châtelard is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Châtelard | 45.5 | 23% | 21% | 4.5% |
| Doussard 3,751 · 7.5 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 19% | 7% |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny 4,217 · 8.4 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 6.8% | 7% |
| Faverges-Seythenex 7,545 · 8.8 mi | 49 | 27% | 8.6% | 9.3% |
| Saint-Jorioz 6,390 · 10 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 17% | 6.5% |
| Grésy-sur-Aix 4,740 · 10.1 mi | 43.4 | 19% | 2.7% | 6.9% |
| Drumettaz-Clarafond 3,012 · 10.2 mi | 41.3 | 17% | 4.2% | 4.1% |
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 Le Châtelard
What is the population of Le Châtelard?
686 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (659).
How old are Le Châtelard’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Châtelard?
86, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Châtelard?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Châtelard?
€25,550 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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