Charron sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2.6%)
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are one person living alone in Charron. There were 870 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 2,021 residents. Households in social housing: 2.5% of the total. The town has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 82% of compared French towns, at 5.4%.
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 +7% change since 2012: Charron grew faster than 58% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
A median age of 45.8: Charron is older than 62% 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
■ Charron 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.7% in Charron and 11% in the typical compared French town. Across Charron, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Charron: 30% of households are couples with children, above 74% 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
The figure for single-parent households is 7.7% in Charron and 10% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 4.5% of households have no car
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 13% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 18%. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car. Charron has fewer empty homes than nearly four fifths of compared French towns, at 4.7%. On second homes, 2.9% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,230 a year per consumption unit
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 Charron’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,230 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 74% of compared French towns, at 37%
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
Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 15% here, more than in 54% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Charron sits below 96% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.6%)
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.
The median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. The census found that 1% of residents are foreign nationals in Charron.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 92% of compared French towns, at 20%
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: 47%, above four fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 72% 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
Higher than in 53% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 20th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,021 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Charron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charron | 45.8 | 23% | 2.9% | 1.6% |
| Marsilly 3,176 · 5.2 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 2.8% |
| Marans 4,476 · 5.2 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 4.1% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Xandre 5,677 · 6.7 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Nieul-sur-Mer 5,811 · 7.3 mi | 55.8 | 34% | 4.1% | 3.6% |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer 6,315 · 8.2 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.6% | 3.8% |
| Puilboreau 6,765 · 8.2 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 4.9% | 4.7% |
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 Charron
What is the population of Charron?
2,021 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,896).
How old are Charron’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charron?
27, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charron?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charron?
€26,230 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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