A median age of 59: Gibourne is older than 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Gibourne’s 49 households held 103 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 4.1% of households have no car. The share of one-person households is 30%, against 35% 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.
What stands out about the people of Gibourne
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gibourne, 21% of its 83 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Gibourne’s residents are under 59 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gibourne had 118 residents at the 2012 census and 103 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Gibourne, 20% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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
Second homes: 21%, above 93% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 2% moved in during the last two years and 35% have stayed three decades or more.
Since 2012, Gibourne has changed by −13%, slower than 99% 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 −8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns, at 39%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gibourne 59. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 8.7% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More couples with children than 75% of compared French towns: 30%
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 2.1 people. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. Gibourne sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,720 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.
Living standards centre on €24,720 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 60%
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Gibourne. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Gibourne sits above 88% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (13%)
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.
The median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 82% of compared French towns. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Gibourne.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 51% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Only 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Gibourne
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
21% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 103 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Gibourne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibourne | 59 | 39% | 21% | 13% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 9.6 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 12.8 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 15.7 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 16.4 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 17.1 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 17.7 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
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 Gibourne
What is the population of Gibourne?
103 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (118).
How old are Gibourne’s residents?
The median age is 59, older than 98% of compared French towns. 7.7% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gibourne?
18, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gibourne?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gibourne?
€24,720 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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