40% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for second homes is 7.4% in La Chavatte and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 11%. 13% of residents are 15 to 24, a higher share than in 89% of compared French towns. The town counted 60 residents and 22 households at the 2023 Census.
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 La Chavatte
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 20% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Chavatte had 72 residents at the 2012 census and 60 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of La Chavatte’s residents are under 36.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 8.3% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−17% since 2012: slower than 99% 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
The change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and −18% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Somme town −3%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 8.3% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Chavatte 36.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in La Chavatte is 36.5, lower than in 93% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 76 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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
On average, 2.7 people share a household. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; La Chavatte has 20%.
La Chavatte sits below 59% of compared French towns for households without a car (9.1%)
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. As a reference point, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%.
In La Chavatte, 20% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 95% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 20% in La Chavatte.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of La Chavatte’s residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 82% of compared French towns: 48% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Census figures put single residents at 26% in La Chavatte. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in La Chavatte
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
The share of adults with no qualification trails 75% of compared French towns: 15%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 60 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 La Chavatte (36.5), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
La Chavatte is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chavatte | 36.5 | 8.3% | 7.4% | 0% |
| Roye 5,833 · 4 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 5 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 11.4 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 12.8 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 13.5 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Ham 4,378 · 13.9 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1% | 2.8% |
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 La Chavatte
What is the population of La Chavatte?
60 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (72).
How old are La Chavatte’s residents?
The median age is 36.5, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 8.3% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Chavatte?
2, with occasional dwellings: 7.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Chavatte?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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