Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Consac is over 54.2
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 49% in Consac. Locally, 4.7% of households are single parents. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 236 residents and 110 households here.
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 Consac
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Consac, 14% of its 150 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Consac’s residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 18 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.
14% of homes are second homes, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Consac, 12%. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 7.8% of households have no car in the town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Consac changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 73% 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
Here the change came as −11% to 2017, then +12% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +8% in Charente-Maritime.
Consac sits below 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.6%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Consac 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a third of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 58% of compared French towns: 24%
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 average 2.1 people. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, more than in 50% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,750 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 €23,750 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Consac: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 75% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, below 78% 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.
Here 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. The median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Consac, 16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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: 46%, above nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Adults with no qualification: 28%, above 87% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 236 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Consac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Consac
What is the population of Consac?
236 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (238).
How old are Consac’s residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Consac?
21, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Consac?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Consac?
€23,750 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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