Arthenac sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.6%)
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Arthenac, 28%. Households without a car make up about one in 14 here (7.1%). Higher than in 86% of compared French towns: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker. Census day 2023: 334 residents and 140 households locally.
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 Arthenac
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Arthenac has changed by −1%, slower than 74% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%. The first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, −3%.
Only 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Arthenac
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arthenac 43. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Arthenac is 43, lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 91% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Arthenac has 31%. A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town.
Arthenac sits above 91% of compared French towns for empty homes (13%)
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
The share of second homes is 3.6%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €28,000 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.
At €28,000 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Arthenac sits below 75% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional account for 10%. Typically, 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).
Below 79% of compared French towns: 3.3% of residents are immigrants
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 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Measured more widely, 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.
Only 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Arthenac
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 residents make up 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Put another way, about one in five: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
12th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 334 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Arthenac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthenac | 43 | 24% | 3.6% | 3.3% |
| Jonzac 3,602 · 7.5 mi | 54 | 36% | 26% | 5.1% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 8.2 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 11.8 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Pons 4,343 · 12.2 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.1% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 12.6 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 13.8 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
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 Arthenac
What is the population of Arthenac?
334 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (337).
How old are Arthenac’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arthenac?
6, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arthenac?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arthenac?
€28,000 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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