47.6median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%

Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.3% of residents are 15 to 24 here. The share of households without a car stands at 2.8%. Few places have so few single-parent households: 6.8% here, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 1,868 residents in Charbuy, living in 790 households.

+5%residents since 2012 26%aged 65 or older 2.4%immigrants 790households

Throughout this page, the Yonne 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.

Population

From 2012 to 2023, Charbuy outgrew 50% of compared French towns: +5%

Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.

Census 2012

1,780

residents

Census 2017

1,865

residents

Census 2023

1,868

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Charbuy+5%

Yonne median−4%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Charbuy±0%

Yonne median−2%

France median+2%

Ages

Older than 73% of compared French towns: half of Charbuy is over 47.6

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

CharbuyYonne medianFrance median

Under 1519%

15 to 247.3%

25 to 4420%

45 to 6427%

65 and over26%

of whom 80 and over4%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Charbuy 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.

By its share of residents aged 65 and over (26%), Charbuy is above 74% of compared French towns.

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Charbuy

Yonne median

France median

WomenMen

About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Households

One-person households: 22%, a lower share than 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.

One person 22%Couple, no children 38%Couple with children 32%Single parent 6.8%Several people, not a family 1.2%

Against the Yonne median and the France median

Charbuy

Yonne median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

CharbuyYonne medianFrance median

One-person households22%

Residents 65+ living alone20%

0%25%50%

Here 32% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Households average 2.4 people. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.

Homes & cars

5.9% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 61% 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

CharbuyYonne medianFrance median

Main residences91%

Second homes2.7%

Empty5.9%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Charbuy

Yonne median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

CharbuyYonne medianFrance median

No car2.8%

One car30%

Two or more67%

0%40%80%

Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.7% of homes are second homes.

Income

Median standard of living: €29,140 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.

Median standard of living

€29,140

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Yonne €23,390 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

Half of Charbuy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,140 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 79% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

Below 93% of compared French towns: 6.2% of households are headed by a manual worker

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

CharbuyYonne medianFrance median

Retired36%

Managers and professionals18%

Intermediate occupations16%

Clerical and service workers19%

Manual workers6.2%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners3.3%

Farmers0%

Others not working0.6%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

6.3%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

780

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Charbuy has 36%. On the census count, 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Elsewhere, 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 and foreign nationals

Charbuy ranks below 96% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 0.9%

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

2.4% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

0.9% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

CharbuyYonne medianFrance median

Immigrants2.4%

Foreign nationals0.9%

0%10%20%

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.

Immigrants make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. In Charbuy, 2.4% of residents are immigrants.

INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.

Couples

Charbuy sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (17%)

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

CharbuyYonne medianFrance median

Married53%

In a civil partnership (PACS)10%

Living together, unmarried11%

Single17%

Divorced4.4%

Widowed4.8%

0%30%60%

The figure for married residents is 53% in Charbuy and 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.

Qualifications

Adults with no qualification make up 11% in Charbuy, less than in 92% 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

CharbuyYonne medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)11%

Brevet5.1%

CAP or BEP (vocational)27%

Baccalauréat19%

Bac+214%

Bac+3 or bac+413%

Bac+5 or more11%

0%20%40%

Graduates of higher education: 38% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

Of 41 French towns its size (1,868 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.

Charbuy 47.6

VillejustPrayssacNoyen-sur-Sarthe

365064

Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.

Neighbors

Of the 6 towns nearest Charbuy, 4 are older

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Saint-Georges-sur-BaulcheAppoignyAuxerreMonéteauMontholonMigennesCharbuy

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Charbuy	47.6	26%	2.7%	2.4%
Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 3.7 mi	56.9	38%	1.5%	6.3%
Appoigny 3,114 · 4.2 mi	50.2	28%	2.7%	6.2%
Auxerre 35,097 · 5.5 mi	44.1	24%	3.1%	13%
Monéteau 4,114 · 5.6 mi	52.1	32%	2%	6.2%
Montholon 2,709 · 7.1 mi	51.9	31%	7.9%	3.7%
Migennes 6,688 · 9.9 mi	45.1	25%	1.8%	17%

More about Charbuy

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How to read these numbers

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 Charbuy

What is the population of Charbuy?

1,868 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,780).

How old are Charbuy’s residents?

The median age is 47.6, older than 73% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Charbuy?

23, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Charbuy?

INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Charbuy?

€29,140 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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