A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns, at 1%
In Charmoy, 4% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, on single-parent households, Charmoy sits higher than 95% of compared French towns: 15%. At the 2023 Census, 1,104 people lived locally, in 510 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 0.2% in the town.
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.
What stands out about the people of Charmoy
Fewer residents than in 2012
Charmoy had 1,173 residents at the 2012 census and 1,104 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 68 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −6% since 2012, behind 91% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Yonne town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 85% of compared French towns, at 8.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Charmoy 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Charmoy is 47.4, higher than in 72% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 20%, a lower share than 73% 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.1 people. At 34%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 57% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
12% of homes stand empty, more than in 86% 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
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 6.1% in Charmoy. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 42: 2.4% of homes are second homes.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,360 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 Charmoy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,360 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 89% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Lower than in 50% of compared French towns: 32% of households are headed by a retired person. Measured more widely, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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 Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 85% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Married residents: 46% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,104 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Charmoy is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Charmoy
What is the population of Charmoy?
1,104 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,173).
How old are Charmoy’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 72% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charmoy?
14, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charmoy?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charmoy?
€24,360 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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