Fewer households without a car than 97% of compared French towns: 3.4%
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.8% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Clavette counted 1,406 residents and 610 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put one-person households at 27% in the town. Fewer households in social housing than in 96% of compared French towns: 2.3%.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, Clavette outgrew 66% of compared French towns: +9%
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
In two steps, +7% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +8% in Charente-Maritime.
Clavette sits below 70% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (19%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Clavette 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.3, Clavette is younger than 55% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Single-parent households make up 7.3% in Clavette, less than in 87% 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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. 29% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 72% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
8.4% of homes are flats, below 89% 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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Clavette comes in at 4.5%. In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 14% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have as many second homes: 3% here, more than in 62% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €28,420 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 midpoint of living standards here is €28,420 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 77% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Clavette, 29%. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Roughly one in ten: 12% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 85% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Clavette has 1.4%. Typically, 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.
Single residents make up 16% in Clavette, less than in 99% 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
Married residents make up 46%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 8.8% in Clavette, less than in 98% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 41% in Clavette. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,406 to 2,582 people, the 12th youngest
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).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Clavette are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clavette | 43.3 | 19% | 3% | 2.6% |
| La Jarrie 3,458 · 1.3 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| La Jarne 2,637 · 2.4 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 5.4% | 2.4% |
| Périgny 8,877 · 3.5 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 2.4% | 4.8% |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer 6,315 · 3.5 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.6% | 3.8% |
| Sainte-Soulle 5,034 · 3.6 mi | 42 | 18% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
| Aytré 9,746 · 4.5 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 4.5% | 4.9% |
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 Clavette
What is the population of Clavette?
1,406 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,290).
How old are Clavette’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Clavette?
20, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Clavette?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Clavette?
€28,420 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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