Half of Cressé is over 61.1, older than 99% of compared French towns
With households headed by a retired person at 41%, Cressé is ahead of 86% of compared French towns on that count. The town is home to 225 residents in 120 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in 11: that is how common single-parent households are in Cressé (9.1%). Few places have so few households without a car: 10% here, fewer than in 51% 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 Cressé
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cressé, 15% of its 170 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Cressé’s residents are under 61.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 21 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.
15% of homes in Cressé 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 13% of homes stand empty in Cressé. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 60% of compared French towns grew faster than Cressé: +2%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +9%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
Only 4.4% of residents are 15 to 24 in Cressé
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cressé 61.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 37%, Cressé is ahead of 96% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 13% of households are couples with children in Cressé
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 1.9 people in the average household. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 37%, more than in 57% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €21,660 a year in standard of living
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 residents live in households above €21,660 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 83% of compared French towns, at 9%
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. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 80% of compared French towns: 9.5%
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.
Immigrants: 9.9% here and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. That is higher than in 70% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 14%
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 come to 42% in Cressé, about four in ten. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 12% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Cressé
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: 32%, above 95% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
3rd highest median age among 41 French towns of 225 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Cressé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cressé | 61.1 | 37% | 15% | 9.9% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 11.5 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 13.6 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 14.5 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 16.1 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 16.3 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 16.8 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
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 Cressé
What is the population of Cressé?
225 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (220).
How old are Cressé’s residents?
The median age is 61.1, older than 99% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cressé?
25, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cressé?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.9% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (9.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cressé?
€21,660 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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