Écurat sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2.9%)
The figure for households without a car is 3.4% in Écurat and 11% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 95% of compared French towns: 2.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). In 2023, the Census found 438 residents locally, living in 210 households. Households headed by a manual worker: 6.6% of the total.
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 Écurat
Fewer residents than in 2012
Écurat had 496 residents at the 2012 census and 438 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Écurat’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −12% since 2012, behind 98% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −5%, and from 2017 to 2023 −7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
Écurat is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Écurat 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.6%, Écurat is behind 87% of compared French towns on that count. By contrast, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 64% of compared French towns.
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 20% in Écurat, less than in 73% 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
Households average 2.1 people. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, Écurat sits lower than 69% of compared French towns: 32%. Single-parent households: 8.3% here and 10% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer empty homes than 80% of compared French towns: 4.6%
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 5.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 25%. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €28,480 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 residents live in households above €28,480 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
In Écurat, 35% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 65% 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
Locally, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Écurat ranks below 93% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.9%
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 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
Écurat sits below 94% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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 is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 89% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Écurat has 25%. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 438 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Écurat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Écurat | 50.7 | 24% | 2.3% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 1.8 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 3.9 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 7.1 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 13.2 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Agnant 2,780 · 14.3 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.5% | 1.5% |
| Saujon 7,440 · 14.4 mi | 59.6 | 42% | 13% | 3.1% |
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 Écurat
What is the population of Écurat?
438 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (496).
How old are Écurat’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Écurat?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Écurat?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Écurat?
€28,480 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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