Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 1,481 residents in 620 households. Put another way, about one in 29: 3.5% of households have no car. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 30%, more than in 74% of compared French towns.
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.
A +12% change since 2012: Cabariot grew faster 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
Over those years, the median Charente-Maritime town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then +10% to 2023.
In Cabariot, 8.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 92% 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
■ Cabariot 47. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Cabariot. The median age in the town is 47, higher than in 69% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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%.
One-person households make up 25% in Cabariot, less than in 94% 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
Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 9.3%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
More second homes than 64% of compared French towns: 3.2%
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, 8.2% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 50% of compared French towns: 6.7% of homes stand empty.
Standard of living at the median: €24,870 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 €24,870 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Cabariot sits above 66% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (35%)
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
Locally, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Cabariot has more households headed by a manager or professional than 51% of compared French towns, at 9.5%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 85% of compared French towns: 2.7% 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.
In Cabariot, 1.9% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% 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 85% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Cabariot, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 95% 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
47% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 65% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
Across Cabariot, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,481 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
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.
Cabariot is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabariot | 47 | 26% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 2.4 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Échillais 3,765 · 5.2 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 2.3% | 2% |
| Rochefort 23,460 · 5.6 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 6.6% |
| Saint-Agnant 2,780 · 6.4 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.5% | 1.5% |
| Soubise 3,316 · 7.5 mi | 32.5 | 20% | 3.2% | 1.8% |
| Fouras 4,148 · 11.8 mi | 62.9 | 45% | 45% | 2% |
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 Cabariot
What is the population of Cabariot?
1,481 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (1,328).
How old are Cabariot’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cabariot?
22, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cabariot?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cabariot?
€24,870 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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