Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
Households without a car: 4.3% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Genouillé’s population at 872, in 370 households. Here, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). The town has more couples with children than 82% of compared French towns, at 32%.
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.
Genouillé grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 61% 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 change was +10% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
18% of residents are 65 or over, below 77% 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
■ Genouillé 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. The median age in Genouillé is 43.7, lower than in 52% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 3.9%
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 2.3 people. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 29%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 84% of compared French towns: 7.3%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years). Empty homes are more common here than in three quarters of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €24,760 a year per consumption unit
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 €24,760 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Genouillé ranks above 96% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 25%
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%. Here, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.7% of residents are immigrants, below 94% 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.
Here 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. 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.
A lower share of single residents than 92% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Two in five residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Genouillé ranks below 74% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 23%
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
Roughly two in ten: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 872 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Genouillé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genouillé | 43.7 | 18% | 7.3% | 1.7% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 6 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 7.2 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis 4,677 · 9.6 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Rochefort 23,460 · 10.5 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 6.6% |
| Échillais 3,765 · 11.7 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 2.3% | 2% |
| Soubise 3,316 · 12.9 mi | 32.5 | 20% | 3.2% | 1.8% |
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 Genouillé
What is the population of Genouillé?
872 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (812).
How old are Genouillé’s residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Genouillé?
33, with occasional dwellings: 7.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Genouillé?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Genouillé?
€24,760 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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