2.6% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.6% of households have no car in Chalandray. In 2023, the Census found 784 residents here, living in 350 households. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 4.3%. On couples with children, Chalandray sits higher than three quarters of compared French towns: 30%.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2012, behind 71% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Vienne town +4%. The change was +7% from 2012 to 2017 and −7% from 2017 to 2023.
Younger than 67% of compared French towns: half of Chalandray is under 41.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chalandray 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21%, below three fifths of compared French towns. Here, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 31%, a lower share than 69% 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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 10% of households are single parents, fewer than in 50% of compared French towns.
5.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 84% 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
7.7% of households moved in less than two years ago; 20% have been in their home 30 years or more. Chalandray has more second homes than 57% of compared French towns, at 2.6%. The share of households in social housing in the typical compared French town is 12%. Empty homes make up 6.7%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,480 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.
The median standard of living in Chalandray is €24,480 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
In Chalandray, 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 78% 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
34% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. 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 Chalandray, 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.
The median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 45 here (2.2%).
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 68% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Chalandray, less than in 72% 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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in six here (18%). On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 784 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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.
Every neighbor is older than Chalandray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalandray | 41.8 | 21% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Vouillé 3,697 · 8.2 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| Boivre-la-Vallée 3,024 · 8.8 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Cissé 2,869 · 11.5 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet 2,656 · 11.7 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 1.3% | 3.4% |
| Neuville-de-Poitou 5,513 · 11.8 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Parthenay 10,140 · 11.8 mi | 50 | 31% | 2.8% | 7.3% |
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 Chalandray
What is the population of Chalandray?
784 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (786).
How old are Chalandray’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chalandray?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chalandray?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chalandray?
€24,480 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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