Only 0.7% of homes are flats in Archingeay
Here 27% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 41% here, more than in 86% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 765 residents in Archingeay, living in 330 households. Put another way, about one in 83: 1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Archingeay
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Archingeay, 11% of its 410 homes: higher than in 88% 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.
In Archingeay, 11% of homes are second homes, more than in 88% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 13% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 18%. Fewer households without a car than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 6.7%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 7.6%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +12% since 2012, faster than 75% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +14%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
In Archingeay, 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 79% 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
■ Archingeay 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Archingeay is 45.4, higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. 22% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Archingeay ranks below 96% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 6.1%
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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of couples with children (29%), Archingeay is above 69% of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,370 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.
Living standards centre on €22,370 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Archingeay: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 82% 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 manager or professional: 6.1%, below 76% of compared French towns. For comparison, 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).
Immigrants: 2.8%, a lower share than 84% 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.
Here 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
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
By its share of married residents (47%), Archingeay is above just over four fifths of compared French towns. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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
For Archingeay, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest 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).
Archingeay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archingeay | 45.4 | 22% | 11% | 2.8% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 8.8 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 9.2 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 10.9 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Échillais 3,765 · 11.9 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 2.3% | 2% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 12.4 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Rochefort 23,460 · 12.4 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 6.6% |
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 Archingeay
What is the population of Archingeay?
765 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (682).
How old are Archingeay’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Archingeay?
44, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Archingeay?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Archingeay?
€22,370 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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