Chichée: 22% of homes stand empty, above 99% of compared French towns
Single-parent households: 3.5% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 297 residents and 150 households in Chichée. Across Chichée, nearly one in ten homes are second homes. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 95% of compared French towns.
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 Chichée
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chichée had 348 residents at the 2012 census and 297 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 47 homes empty (22%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−15% since 2012, a pace below 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −11%, then −5% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, a lower share than 87% 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
■ Chichée 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Chichée’s residents are over 47.6, older than in 73% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. In Chichée, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 63% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Chichée has 27%. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2 people share a household.
In Chichée, 3.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%. The census found that 7.5% of households have no car in Chichée. One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
The median resident lives on €30,710 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €30,710 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Chichée sits below 74% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (28%)
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 17%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Chichée, 3.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 76% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Chichée comes in at 3.3%. As a yardstick, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 67% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Chichée. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Chichée. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 297 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Chichée is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chichée | 47.6 | 16% | 8.1% | 3.7% |
| Tonnerre 4,261 · 8.2 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 12.2 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 12.4 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 14 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 15.3 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 15.4 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
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 Chichée
What is the population of Chichée?
297 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (348).
How old are Chichée’s residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 73% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chichée?
17, with occasional dwellings: 8.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chichée?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chichée?
€30,710 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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