1% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Corme-Écluse, 2%. The town’s 550 households held 1,295 residents at the 2023 Census. Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, or about one in four. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 3.7%, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
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 Corme-Écluse
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 88 second homes and occasional dwellings in Corme-Écluse, 13% of its 680 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Corme-Écluse had 1,078 residents at the 2012 census and 1,295 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 13% of homes are second homes
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 10% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 19%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 6.5%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 90% of compared French towns: Corme-Écluse changed by +20% since 2012
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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Charente-Maritime town +8%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, +16%.
Half of Corme-Écluse is over 45, older than 57% 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
■ Corme-Écluse 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.8%, below 68% of compared French towns. In Corme-Écluse, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 5.5%, a lower share than 98% 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
Average household size: 2.4 people. Corme-Écluse has more couples with children than 84% of compared French towns, at 32%. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
€24,210 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Corme-Écluse’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,210 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 21%, a higher share than 87% 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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 34% in Corme-Écluse. On average, 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).
In Corme-Écluse, 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.
3.4% of residents are foreign nationals. The wider picture: 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 93% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Corme-Écluse has 48%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Corme-Écluse
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
Here just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Corme-Écluse is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corme-Écluse | 45 | 22% | 13% | 3.8% |
| Semussac 2,585 · 3.4 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.3% | 2.5% |
| Saujon 7,440 · 4.4 mi | 59.6 | 42% | 13% | 3.1% |
| Médis 3,157 · 4.9 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 8.7% | 3% |
| Meschers-sur-Gironde 3,180 · 6.4 mi | 66.1 | 53% | 50% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Didonne 5,092 · 6.5 mi | 67.3 | 55% | 67% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan 3,446 · 7.7 mi | 58.7 | 40% | 7.3% | 2.3% |
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 Corme-Écluse
What is the population of Corme-Écluse?
1,295 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (1,078).
How old are Corme-Écluse’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Corme-Écluse?
88, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Corme-Écluse?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Corme-Écluse?
€24,210 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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