Second homes make up 53% in Chipilly, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Chipilly is home to 172 residents in 71 households, by the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24. The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 27% in Chipilly and 14% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Chipilly
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 89 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chipilly, 53% of its 170 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 1.3% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chipilly had 185 residents at the 2012 census and 172 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 6.7% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car: 5.2%, a lower share than 87% 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
Car-free households: one in 19, where the median compared French town has 11%. 4.2% of homes stand empty. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Chipilly’s population moved −7% on 2012, less than in 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
In two steps, −8% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Somme.
Half of Chipilly is under 39.5, younger than 82% 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
■ Chipilly 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Chipilly has 19%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are couples with children, more 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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
With single-parent households at 6.7%, Chipilly is behind 92% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up about one in four here (27%).
A median standard of living of €25,960 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.
Half of Chipilly’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,960 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Chipilly sits below 79% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (27%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Chipilly has 0.5%. The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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 lower share of single residents than 94% of compared French towns, at 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
Here, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 69% 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
20% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 172 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Chipilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipilly | 39.5 | 19% | 53% | 0.5% |
| Albert 9,521 · 6.4 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Corbie 5,982 · 6.5 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 6.6 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 6.8 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 11.9 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Boves 3,234 · 12.4 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 1.6% | 2.5% |
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 Chipilly
What is the population of Chipilly?
172 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (185).
How old are Chipilly’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chipilly?
89, with occasional dwellings: 53% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chipilly?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chipilly?
€25,960 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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