Only 1.4% of homes are flats in La Barde
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, La Barde has 0.4%. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 27% here, more than in 98% of compared French towns. 504 residents in 230 households: that is La Barde at the 2023 Census. Across La Barde, 21% of households are couples with children.
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 La Barde
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Barde, 10% of its 270 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 10%, a higher share than 88% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; La Barde has 9%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 6.3% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more. On empty homes, La Barde sits lower than half of compared French towns: 6.7%.
Since 2012, La Barde has grown +12%, faster than 74% 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 first five years brought +10%; the six to 2023, +1%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
La Barde is older than 53% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Barde 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in La Barde, 10%. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 54% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
La Barde sits below 67% of compared French towns for one-person households (32%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in La Barde, 8.3%. Each household has 2.2 people on average. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,270 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 La Barde is €23,270 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 73% of compared French towns: 28%
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 come to 10% in La Barde, about one in ten. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Barde ranks below 76% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.6%
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.
Census figures put foreign nationals at 3.8% in La Barde. Across the comparison, 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.
Married residents make up 41% in La Barde, less than in 64% 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
Census figures put single residents at 25% in La Barde. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In La Barde, 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
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 the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in La Barde, 25%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
17th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 504 to 2,582
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 La Barde
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Barde | 44.6 | 23% | 10% | 3.6% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 3.6 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Coutras 8,678 · 6.5 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle 3,167 · 8.1 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile 5,955 · 11.6 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.4% | 5.4% |
| Montpon-Ménestérol 5,866 · 13 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 14.2 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
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 La Barde
What is the population of La Barde?
504 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (452).
How old are La Barde’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 53% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Barde?
28, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Barde?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Barde?
€23,270 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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