A median age of 54.6: La Chapelle-Bâton is older than 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 170 households in La Chapelle-Bâton at the 2023 Census, home to 354 residents. Single-parent households account for 6.1%. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in La Chapelle-Bâton comes in at 0.4%.
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 La Chapelle-Bâton
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Chapelle-Bâton, 16% of its 240 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of La Chapelle-Bâton’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 34 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 16% in La Chapelle-Bâton, more than in 92% 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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.5% of households have no car here. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across La Chapelle-Bâton, 14% of homes stand empty.
+4% since 2012, a pace below 55% 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
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.6%, a lower share than 98% 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
■ La Chapelle-Bâton 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents are 65 or over in La Chapelle-Bâton. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
La Chapelle-Bâton ranks below 68% of compared French towns on couples with children: 21%
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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in La Chapelle-Bâton comes in at 36%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €19,960 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 La Chapelle-Bâton’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €19,960 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
La Chapelle-Bâton ranks above 96% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 48%
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. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Here, 15% 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).
Immigrants make up 13% in La Chapelle-Bâton, more than in 82% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in La Chapelle-Bâton, 12%. The median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. 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.
Above 77% of compared French towns: 47% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
La Chapelle-Bâton sits below 95% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (16%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in La Chapelle-Bâton, 29%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (354 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
La Chapelle-Bâton sits below 3 of its 5 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-Bâton | 54.6 | 27% | 16% | 13% |
| Civray 2,522 · 5.9 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Valence-en-Poitou 4,325 · 12.6 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 14.8 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Vivonne 4,550 · 17.6 mi | 41 | 21% | 2.9% | 5.1% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 17.7 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
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 Chapelle-Bâton
What is the population of La Chapelle-Bâton?
354 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (342).
How old are La Chapelle-Bâton’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Chapelle-Bâton?
39, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Chapelle-Bâton?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Chapelle-Bâton?
€19,960 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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