A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.8%
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (3.5%), Cercoux is below 95% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 1,302 residents in 560 households. In Cercoux, 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24. On single-parent households, Cercoux sits lower than 88% of compared French towns: 7.2%.
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 Cercoux
Empty homes
The census found 86 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cercoux’s population changed by +6% since 2012, more than in 57% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, +11%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
Cercoux ranks above 65% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cercoux 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Cercoux’s residents are over 44.4, older than in 52% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 81% 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
Couples with children make up 30%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Cercoux: 12% of homes stand empty, above 90% 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. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 6.6% of the total. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households have no car here.
Standard of living at the median: €23,290 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 Cercoux is €23,290 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 29%
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 35% in Cercoux and 32% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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).
Immigrants make up 1.3% in Cercoux, less than in 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Cercoux comes in at 0.7%. Set beside that, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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: 47%; in a PACS: 4.6%; against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town, with 7.3% widowed. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 97% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 27% of adults out of school have no qualification in Cercoux. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,302 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).
Older than Cercoux: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cercoux | 44.4 | 25% | 6.6% | 1.3% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 7.2 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Coutras 8,678 · 7.3 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile 5,955 · 9.9 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.4% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 9.9 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Galgon 3,144 · 10.3 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 10.4 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
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 Cercoux
What is the population of Cercoux?
1,302 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,224).
How old are Cercoux’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cercoux?
46, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cercoux?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cercoux?
€23,290 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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