A median age of 62.5: Châtel-Censoir is older than 99% of compared French towns
57% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 561 residents in Châtel-Censoir, living in 280 households. Census figures put flats at 8.9% here.
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 Châtel-Censoir
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Châtel-Censoir, 27% of its 560 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Châtel-Censoir’s residents are under 62.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Châtel-Censoir had 651 residents at the 2012 census and 561 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 130 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Châtel-Censoir ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 23%
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
27% of homes are second homes (Yonne median 3.8%, France median 2.1%) and 23% are empty (6.7%). Put another way, about one in five: 19% of households have no car. Châtel-Censoir has fewer households in social housing than 84% of compared French towns, at 5.4%.
A change of −14% since 2012 leaves Châtel-Censoir behind 99% 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
The median Yonne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six −13%.
44% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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
■ Châtel-Censoir 62.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.9%, below 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% 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
8.5% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 1.8 people share a household.
Median standard of living: €22,330 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,330 a year: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 1.5% in Châtel-Censoir, less than in 99% of compared French towns
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 manual worker: 16% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 61% 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.
The median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 61% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 4.4%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Châtel-Censoir sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 39% of residents 15 and over are married in Châtel-Censoir. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
With graduates of higher education at 16%, Châtel-Censoir is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 561 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Châtel-Censoir (62.5).
Châtel-Censoir is older than every town around it
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 Châtel-Censoir
What is the population of Châtel-Censoir?
561 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (651).
How old are Châtel-Censoir’s residents?
The median age is 62.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Châtel-Censoir?
150, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Châtel-Censoir?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Châtel-Censoir?
€22,330 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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