Benon: 39% of households are couples with children, above 98% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing is 0.6%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 0.7% of households have no car. Benon’s 680 households held 1,859 residents at the 2023 Census. In Benon, 8.1% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Benon
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 9.6% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Benon had 1,377 residents at the 2012 census and 1,859 in 2023, up 35%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Benon’s residents are under 36.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +35% change since 2012: faster than 98% 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
Over those years, the median Charente-Maritime town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +18%, then +14% to 2023.
Younger than 93% of compared French towns: half of Benon is under 36.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Benon 36.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Benon, 14%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
In Benon, 23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% 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
Households average 2.7 people. Lower than in 58% of compared French towns: 9.6% of households are single parents. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Flats make up 0.5% in Benon, less than in 99% 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
Nearly one in ten households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.3% moved in within the last two years. At 4.7%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 78% of compared French towns. Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Benon has 3.2%.
Median standard of living: €25,240 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.
The median standard of living in Benon is €25,240 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Benon sits below 90% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (23%)
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
4.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Higher than in 64% of compared French towns: 16% of households are headed by a manual worker. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.3% of residents are immigrants, below 98% 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.
In Benon, 1% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
Benon sits below 94% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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: 42% of the total. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Benon, 10% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 1,859 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.
Benon is the youngest (36.4); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Benon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benon | 36.4 | 14% | 3.2% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 5.4 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 7.3 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 7.5 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis 4,677 · 8.3 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Sainte-Soulle 5,034 · 9.8 mi | 42 | 18% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
| La Jarrie 3,458 · 10.6 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
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 Benon
What is the population of Benon?
1,859 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% more than in 2012 (1,377).
How old are Benon’s residents?
The median age is 36.4, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 31% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Benon?
24, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Benon?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Benon?
€25,240 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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