Half of Chatain is over 61.1, older than 99% of compared French towns
3.2% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. Chatain is home to 240 residents in 130 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put single-parent households at 15% locally. Higher than in 97% of compared French towns: 50% of households are headed by a retired person.
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.
What stands out about the people of Chatain
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chatain, 18% of its 220 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Chatain (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 29% of residents, against 3.9% for the median compared commune in Vienne. 29% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Chatain’s residents are under 61.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chatain had 272 residents at the 2012 census and 240 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Chatain, 25% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 11% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 29%. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 2.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. With second homes at 18%, Chatain is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Chatain: −12%
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vienne town +4%.
Chatain sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (4.5%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chatain 61.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Chatain has 37%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 11% in Chatain, less than in 98% 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
By its share of one-person households (31%), Chatain is below 71% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.9 people on average.
Half above, half below €20,380 a year in standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €20,380 a year: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns, at 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. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Chatain ranks above 98% of compared French towns on immigrants: 29%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Chatain, 29%. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Married residents: 56%, a higher share than 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Chatain has 17%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 15% in Chatain, less than in 97% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (33%), Chatain is above 96% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (240 to 2,582 people), the 3rd oldest
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).
No nearby town is as old as Chatain
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatain | 61.1 | 37% | 18% | 29% |
| Civray 2,522 · 8.3 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 11.7 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 12 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 15.2 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 17.2 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
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 Chatain
What is the population of Chatain?
240 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (272).
How old are Chatain’s residents?
The median age is 61.1, older than 99% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chatain?
40, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chatain?
INSEE counts 70 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 29% of residents, and 70 foreign nationals (29%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chatain?
€20,380 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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