A median age of 49.6: Chauvigny is older than 81% of compared French towns
Couples with children: 18%, below four fifths of compared French towns. Chauvigny’s 3,400 households held 7,007 residents at the 2023 Census. Empty homes account for 10%. More second homes than in 78% of compared French towns: 5.2%.
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.
Since 2012, Chauvigny has changed by +1%, slower than 67% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vienne town +4%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 29%, a higher share than 84% 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
■ Chauvigny 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 59% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 40%, a higher share than 70% 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
The typical household size is 2 people. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. About one in ten: that is how common single-parent households are in Chauvigny (10%).
Below 73% of compared French towns: 17% of homes are flats
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
Some 13% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 20% who have been there 30 years or more. Here, 9.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). Compared with other places, households without a car are common here: 11%, more than in 53% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €25,070 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,070 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 59% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 14.0% of residents.
Chauvigny ranks above 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 38%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Chauvigny comes in at 7.1%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. In Chauvigny, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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.
2% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). 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.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 38% 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
The share of single residents stands at 24%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Chauvigny, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 59% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Chauvigny comes in at 21%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 6th oldest of 41 French towns of 6,924 to 7,090 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.
Ages run from 34.9 in Bailly-Romainvilliers to 56.4 in Binic-Étables-sur-Mer.
Every neighbor is younger than Chauvigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chauvigny | 49.6 | 29% | 5.2% | 2.7% |
| Valdivienne 2,715 · 4.6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Julien-l'Ars 2,880 · 7.1 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Nieuil-l'Espoir 2,631 · 10.5 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 1.9% |
| Montamisé 3,723 · 11.5 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 3.2% |
| Mignaloux-Beauvoir 5,229 · 11.7 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 1.7% | 6% |
| Nouaillé-Maupertuis 2,975 · 11.8 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.9% | 1.9% |
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 Chauvigny
What is the population of Chauvigny?
7,007 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (6,962).
How old are Chauvigny’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chauvigny?
210, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chauvigny?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chauvigny?
€25,070 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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