3.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 346 people lived in Chitry, in 160 households. In Chitry, 1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM). 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 8.6% 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 Chitry
Empty homes
The census found 34 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chitry had 367 residents at the 2012 census and 346 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012: slower than 90% 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
In two steps, −4% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Yonne.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25%, a higher share than 69% 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
■ Chitry 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.2, Chitry is younger than 56% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%.
29% of households are couples with children, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 2.2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Chitry, 16% of homes stand empty, more than in 97% 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
In the last two years, 13% of households moved in; at the other end, 31% have stayed 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. At 8.6%, the share of second homes is higher than in 86% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of households without a car here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
€26,910 a year: the median standard of living
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 €26,910 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 23% 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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Chitry has 26%. 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns, at 3.5%
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.
2.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The usual figure: 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, below 67% of compared French towns
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 people make up 45% and PACS partners 7.2%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 7.8% are widowed. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 27%, a higher share than 83% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 346 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th youngest
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.
Chitry is younger 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 Chitry
What is the population of Chitry?
346 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (367).
How old are Chitry’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chitry?
18, with occasional dwellings: 8.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chitry?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chitry?
€26,910 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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