Chaumot sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (26%)
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, 4.8% of households have no car. There were 280 households in Chaumot at the 2023 Census, home to 708 residents. Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Chaumot has 33%.
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 Chaumot
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chaumot, 26% of its 420 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in four in Chaumot is a second home
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
Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 4.9% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At 7%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Chaumot changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 77% 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
Here the change came as +5% to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
A median age of 41.1: Chaumot is younger than 72% 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
■ Chaumot 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 18% in Chaumot and 22% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Chaumot sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (3.6%)
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
Average household size: 2.4 people. At 32%, the share of one-person households is lower than in two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents.
At the median, €26,240 a year to live on
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 residents live in households above €26,240 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
Above 75% of compared French towns: 37% of households are headed by a retired person
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Chaumot, 7.2%. At 14%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 83% of compared French towns, at 2.9%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 1.8% in Chaumot and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Chaumot ranks above 71% of compared French towns on married residents: 46%
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
23% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 17% in Chaumot, less than in 60% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Chaumot has 28%. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 Prayssac (62.3).
Chaumot is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaumot | 41.1 | 18% | 26% | 2.9% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 5,135 · 4.1 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
| Paron 4,834 · 7.4 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Courtenay 3,772 · 8 mi | 53.7 | 35% | 6.8% | 5.1% |
| Sens 27,106 · 8.8 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 10.1 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Joigny 9,016 · 11.5 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 21% |
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 Chaumot
What is the population of Chaumot?
708 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (721).
How old are Chaumot’s residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaumot?
110, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaumot?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chaumot?
€26,240 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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