A smaller share of flats than 97% of compared French towns: 3.8%
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 95% of compared French towns: 7.6%. Here, just over a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Clérac is home to 1,074 residents in 490 households, by 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 Clérac
Empty homes
The census found 82 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Clérac has grown +11%, faster than 72% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, +10%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 29%, a higher share than 82% 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
■ Clérac 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Clérac’s residents are over 48.2, older than in 75% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% 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%.
Couples with children make up 27% in Clérac, more than in 61% 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
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Clérac comes in at 8.9%. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households average 2.2 people.
A larger share of empty homes than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
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
3.9% of homes are second homes (Charente-Maritime median 13%, France median 2.1%) and 14% are empty (6.7%). Census figures put households without a car at 6.4% in Clérac.
Median standard of living: €23,490 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 Clérac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,490 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Clérac: 37% of households are headed by a retired person, above 73% of compared French towns
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
Households headed by a manager or professional account for 8.9%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Clérac, 3.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 75% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 2.8% in Clérac and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
Clérac sits below 63% of compared French towns for single residents (24%)
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
The share of married residents stands at 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 95% 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, 24% of adults out of school have no qualification in Clérac. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Clérac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clérac | 48.2 | 29% | 3.9% | 3.8% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 7.2 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 8.9 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Savin 3,582 · 10.8 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
| Coutras 8,678 · 10.8 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 4.4% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 11.4 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Cézac 2,727 · 11.6 mi | 39.8 | 15% | 1.1% | 3.6% |
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 Clérac
What is the population of Clérac?
1,074 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (968).
How old are Clérac’s residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Clérac?
23, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Clérac?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Clérac?
€23,490 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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