3.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 654 residents in Cram-Chaban, living in 280 households. Across Cram-Chaban, 2.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 5.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional 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 Cram-Chaban
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 7.6% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 42 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 55% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Charente-Maritime town, the change came in two steps: +4% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 71% 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
■ Cram-Chaban 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Cram-Chaban has 9.2%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 90% of compared French towns: 34%
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 2.4 people. At 28%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 85% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Cram-Chaban, 7.6%.
Cram-Chaban sits above 91% of compared French towns for empty homes (13%)
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, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Cram-Chaban, 4.3%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €25,100 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 median standard of living in Cram-Chaban is €25,100 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 21% in Cram-Chaban, more than in 85% 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 retired person: 37%, above 73% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.1% of residents are immigrants
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 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 0.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Cram-Chaban sits below 92% of compared French towns for single residents (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
Locally, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 73% 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
Adults with no qualification come to 19% in Cram-Chaban, about two in ten. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (654 to 2,582 people), the 9th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Cram-Chaban
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cram-Chaban | 42.1 | 19% | 4.3% | 1.1% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 3 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 7.9 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 8.5 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan 2,967 · 8.9 mi | 46.9 | 22% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
| Magné 2,728 · 10.4 mi | 57.7 | 37% | 4.8% | 3.2% |
| Benet 4,089 · 11.8 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
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 Cram-Chaban
What is the population of Cram-Chaban?
654 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (631).
How old are Cram-Chaban’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cram-Chaban?
15, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cram-Chaban?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cram-Chaban?
€25,100 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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