Flats make up 7% in Esnandes, less than in 92% of compared French towns
The median age in Esnandes is 49.6, higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The town’s 1,010 households held 2,224 residents at the 2023 Census. Roughly three in ten: 29% of households are one person living alone. The figure for households headed by a retired person is 40% in Esnandes and 32% in the typical compared French town.
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.
Esnandes grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 56% 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
The median Charente-Maritime town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six +7%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of compared French towns: 8.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Esnandes 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents are 65 or over here. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 76% of compared French towns, at 8.3%
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
The average household has 2.2 people. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 26%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car make up 5.1% in Esnandes, less than in 87% of compared French towns
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
Of all households, 13% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more. Set beside that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 78% of compared French towns: 6.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). On second homes, 2.6% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €27,190 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 Esnandes is €27,190 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 63% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 7.0% of residents.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 76% of compared French towns, at 6%
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
The census found that 13% of households are headed by a manual worker in Esnandes. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.4% of residents are immigrants, below 88% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.3% in Esnandes. Against that, 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.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Esnandes
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Esnandes comes in at 51%. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Esnandes, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 60% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Esnandes comes in at 17%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,224 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Esnandes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esnandes | 49.6 | 27% | 2.6% | 2.4% |
| Marsilly 3,176 · 1.6 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Xandre 5,677 · 3.1 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Nieul-sur-Mer 5,811 · 3.9 mi | 55.8 | 34% | 4.1% | 3.6% |
| Puilboreau 6,765 · 4.5 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 4.9% | 4.7% |
| Lagord 7,802 · 5 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 9.3% | 4.4% |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer 6,315 · 5 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.6% | 3.8% |
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 Esnandes
What is the population of Esnandes?
2,224 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (2,094).
How old are Esnandes’ residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Esnandes?
29, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Esnandes?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Esnandes?
€27,190 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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