Above 99% of compared French towns: 41% of households are couples with children
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Charmentray, 1.8%. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 27%. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 18%, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 291 people lived locally, in 110 households.
Throughout this page, the Seine-et-Marne 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 Charmentray
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 4.5% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Charmentray’s residents are under 37.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +8% since 2012, faster than 62% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +7%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Seine-et-Marne town +8%.
Half of Charmentray is under 37.2, younger than 91% 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
■ Charmentray 37.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 14%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 12%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 14% of households are one person living alone
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 Seine-et-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
With single-parent households at 4.5%, Charmentray is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.7 people.
81% of homes are houses
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 15% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 15%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Charmentray sits close to the norm on empty homes: 5.9%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median of €30,820 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 €30,820 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
9.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 52% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven. The share of households headed by a manager or professional 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).
Fewer immigrants than 61% of compared French towns: 5.2%
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.
On the census count, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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 50% in Charmentray, more than in 93% 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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Charmentray has 23%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
In Charmentray, 8.4% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Charmentray. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (291 to 2,582 people), the 2nd youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Charmentray and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charmentray | 37.2 | 14% | 2.5% | 5.2% |
| Annet-sur-Marne 3,408 · 3.1 mi | 39.8 | 14% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Coupvray 3,066 · 3.4 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 7.9% |
| Esbly 6,072 · 3.5 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 2% | 9.9% |
| Chauconin-Neufmontiers 3,784 · 3.6 mi | 34.4 | 8% | 1.5% | 14% |
| Villenoy 5,127 · 4 mi | 36 | 12% | 1.2% | 14% |
| Mareuil-lès-Meaux 3,345 · 4.1 mi | 36.4 | 14% | 1% | 13% |
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 Charmentray
What is the population of Charmentray?
291 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (270).
How old are Charmentray’s residents?
The median age is 37.2, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charmentray?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charmentray?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charmentray?
€30,820 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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