Photo: Tux-Man · CC BY-SA 3.0A lower share of flats than 97% of compared French towns, at 4.2%
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in La Jarrie, 2.4%. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 27%, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. This Charente-Maritime town counted 3,458 residents and 1,510 households at the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.9%.
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 Jarrie
Growing fast
La Jarrie had 2,917 residents at the 2012 census and 3,458 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, La Jarrie outgrew 88% of compared French towns: +19%
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 +12%; the six to 2023, +6%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
Older than 66% of compared French towns: half of La Jarrie is over 46.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Jarrie 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
La Jarrie sits above 79% of compared French towns for couples with children (31%)
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. On single-parent households, La Jarrie sits lower than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 7.9%. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
4.2% of households have no car, below 93% 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
Some just over one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 20% who have been there 30 years or more. Here, 6.2% of homes stand empty.
Half above, half below €28,470 a year in standard of living
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 €28,470 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 75% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 6.0%.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 66% 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
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. For La Jarrie, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.4% of residents are immigrants in La Jarrie
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals here. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
La Jarrie ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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
The share of married residents is 50%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 32%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,429 to 3,487 people), the 21st 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.
The youngest is Moult-Chicheboville (35.9), the oldest Bréhal (60.1).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than La Jarrie
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Jarrie | 46.4 | 22% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| La Jarne 2,637 · 3 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 5.4% | 2.4% |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis 4,677 · 3.7 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Sainte-Soulle 5,034 · 4.6 mi | 42 | 18% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
| Périgny 8,877 · 4.7 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 2.4% | 4.8% |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer 6,315 · 4.9 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.6% | 3.8% |
| Angoulins 4,240 · 5 mi | 54 | 35% | 15% | 3.8% |
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 La Jarrie
What is the population of La Jarrie?
3,458 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (2,917).
How old are La Jarrie’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Jarrie?
34, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Jarrie?
INSEE counts 85 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 54 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Jarrie?
€28,470 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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