Celles ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 2.1%
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Celles has 3.7%. 26% of households are one person living alone, or about one in four. With a median age of 42.5, Celles is younger than 62% of compared French towns. The town had 329 residents in 140 households 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 Celles
Empty homes
The census found 29 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Celles’s population moved +2% on 2012, less than in 63% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Charente-Maritime town +8%. The change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 60% of compared French towns, at 24%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Celles 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
Celles ranks above 95% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 15%
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 here average 2.4 people each. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 26%, more than in 53% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 17%, a higher share than 98% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 7.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 29% have stayed 30 years or more. There is little gap on second homes: 1.7%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €26,740 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.
Half of Celles’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,740 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
41% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. As a reference point, 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).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1.8% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Celles has 1.8%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
In Celles, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Celles
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Celles, 17%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 329 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Celles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celles | 42.5 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.8% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 5.9 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 6.3 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Pons 4,343 · 8.4 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.1% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 9.4 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 11.2 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Jonzac 3,602 · 11.7 mi | 54 | 36% | 26% | 5.1% |
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 Celles
What is the population of Celles?
329 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (324).
How old are Celles’ residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Celles?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Celles?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Celles?
€26,740 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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