Only 0.5% of homes are flats in Geay
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 788 residents and 340 households in Geay. Second homes account for 9.5%.
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.
A growing town: +12% since 2012, faster than 75% 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
Over those years, the median Charente-Maritime town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 62% of compared French towns: half of Geay is over 45.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Geay 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Geay, 20%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 31%, a higher share than 80% 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
Average household size: 2.3 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Geay ranks below 96% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.6%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. The census found that nearly one in ten homes stand empty in Geay.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,340 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 Geay is €25,340 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
In Geay, 27% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 77% 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
Here 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. In Geay, 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Geay ranks below 84% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.8%
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.
With foreign nationals at 2.6%, Geay is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 48% in Geay. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 56% of compared French towns: 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
In Geay, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 19th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Geay is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geay | 45.8 | 20% | 9.5% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 6.6 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 9 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Saint-Agnant 2,780 · 9.6 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.5% | 1.5% |
| Échillais 3,765 · 10 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 2.3% | 2% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 10 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Rochefort 23,460 · 11.7 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 6.6% |
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 Geay
What is the population of Geay?
788 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (705).
How old are Geay’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Geay?
39, with occasional dwellings: 9.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Geay?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Geay?
€25,340 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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