Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.8% of homes are flats
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Bedenac comes in at 2.2%. In Bedenac, 4.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 97% of compared French towns. Its 230 households held 699 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Bedenac
Empty homes
The census found 35 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.
Faster growth than 50% of compared French towns: Bedenac changed by +5% since 2012
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
The median Charente-Maritime town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +2%.
A median age of 47.8: Bedenac is older than 73% 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
■ Bedenac 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
37% women, 63% men
About 59 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 32%, a higher share than 85% of compared French towns
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 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Bedenac has 31%. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Average household size: 2.3 people.
4.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 92% 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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 5% of homes are second homes in Bedenac. The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 13%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €23,560 a year in 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,560 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Bedenac: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 89% 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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 31% in Bedenac. 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).
In Bedenac, 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 61% 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.
Census figures put immigrants at 6.2% in Bedenac. That is lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 35% of residents 15 and over are married in Bedenac
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
Here nearly a third of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 95% 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
Adults with no qualification: 26% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 699 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Bedenac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedenac | 47.8 | 23% | 5% | 6.2% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 5.5 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 6.1 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Savin 3,582 · 7.9 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 8.8 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Cézac 2,727 · 9.4 mi | 39.8 | 15% | 1.1% | 3.6% |
| Val de Virvée 3,793 · 12.4 mi | 41.3 | 17% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
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 Bedenac
What is the population of Bedenac?
699 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (666).
How old are Bedenac’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 73% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bedenac?
14, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bedenac?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bedenac?
€23,560 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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