Couples with children make up 38% in Ardillières, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Here 1% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Ardillières was home to 890 people in 350 households. The census found that nearly one in ten homes are second homes in the town.
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 Ardillières
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 5.3% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +9% change since 2012: Ardillières grew faster than 66% 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 +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
14% of residents are 65 or over, below 95% 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
■ Ardillières 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 39.8, Ardillières is younger than 80% of compared French towns. On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Single-parent households: 5.3%, below 98% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.5 people.
Ardillières sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.2%)
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
Of all households, 7.1% moved in during the last two years and 12% have stayed three decades or more. The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Ardillières sits close to the norm on empty homes: 6.7%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median of €25,440 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 €25,440 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Ardillières sits below 81% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (26%)
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker in Ardillières. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. Locally, 8.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1% of residents are immigrants in Ardillières
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%. To put it in context, 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.
Ardillières: 48% of residents 15 and over are married, above 82% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Ardillières. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 86% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 28% in Ardillières and 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (890 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
Ardillières 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardillières | 39.8 | 14% | 8.7% | 1% |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis 4,677 · 4.4 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 7.3 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| La Jarrie 3,458 · 7.4 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 7.6 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Rochefort 23,460 · 9 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 6.6% |
| Châtelaillon-Plage 6,653 · 9.6 mi | 59.8 | 42% | 37% | 2.9% |
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 Ardillières
What is the population of Ardillières?
890 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (818).
How old are Ardillières’ residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ardillières?
36, with occasional dwellings: 8.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ardillières?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ardillières?
€25,440 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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