Flats make up 1.1% in Essouvert, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 2.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. At the 2023 Census Essouvert was home to 1,021 people in 480 households. 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). Second homes are more common here than in 83% 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 Essouvert
Fewer residents than in 2012
Essouvert had 1,147 residents at the 2012 census and 1,021 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Essouvert’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 69 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Essouvert has changed by −11%, slower than 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
Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then −12% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +8% in Charente-Maritime.
A median age of 52.5: Essouvert is older than 90% 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
■ Essouvert 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (26%), Essouvert is above nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Here, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Essouvert sits below 68% of compared French towns for couples with children (21%)
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
One-person households: 32%, below 65% of compared French towns. On the census count, 8.2% of households are single parents. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 4.9% of households have no car
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
Some 7.7% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 29% who have been there 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. Locally, just over one in ten homes stand empty.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,480 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.
The median standard of living in Essouvert is €24,480 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 69% of compared French towns: 17%
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
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Essouvert, 31%. Set beside that, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 80% of compared French towns, at 3.2%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Essouvert. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 52% of residents 15 and over are married in Essouvert. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Essouvert ranks below 85% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 20%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,021 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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.
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Essouvert
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essouvert | 52.5 | 26% | 7% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 3.1 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 13.1 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 15.6 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 17.1 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 17.2 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 17.5 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
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 Essouvert
What is the population of Essouvert?
1,021 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (1,147).
How old are Essouvert’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Essouvert?
41, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Essouvert?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Essouvert?
€24,480 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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