Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Gourvillette is over 57
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 116 residents in Gourvillette, living in 53 households. Locally, 3.8% of households have no car. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Gourvillette comes in at 20%.
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 Gourvillette
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gourvillette, 29% of its 86 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Gourvillette’s residents are under 57 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 29%
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. Empty homes account for 9.3%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes.
Growth of +10% since 2012 puts Gourvillette ahead of 71% 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 change was −15%; from 2017 to 2023, +30%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Gourvillette 57. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 36% of residents are 65 or over in Gourvillette. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone
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 here average 2.2 people each. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€23,400 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Gourvillette’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,400 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Gourvillette sits above 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (40%)
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 Gourvillette. By way of comparison, 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).
More foreign nationals than 77% of compared French towns: 8.6%
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 share of immigrants is 10%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 72% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Gourvillette: 62% of residents 15 and over are married, above 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 16% in Gourvillette. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 89% of compared French towns, at 29%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Gourvillette. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (116 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Gourvillette
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gourvillette | 57 | 36% | 29% | 10% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 10.3 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 12.1 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 14.4 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 14.6 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 14.9 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 15.1 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
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 Gourvillette
What is the population of Gourvillette?
116 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (105).
How old are Gourvillette’s residents?
The median age is 57, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gourvillette?
25, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gourvillette?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (8.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gourvillette?
€23,400 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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