La Tremblade is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 62.9
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in La Tremblade comes in at 56%. Census day 2023: 4,650 residents and 2,530 households locally. Here, 12% of households are couples with children. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns.
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 Tremblade
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 2,650 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Tremblade, 49% of its 5,410 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 90% 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 La Tremblade’s residents are under 62.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 46% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 49%, a higher share than 97% 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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, La Tremblade has 4.4%. In La Tremblade, 14% of homes are flats. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 78% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Charente-Maritime town, the change came in two steps: −9% from 2012 to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
46% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 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
■ La Tremblade 62.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in La Tremblade. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Single-parent households: 5.7%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
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
One-person households: 43% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents. A household here holds 1.8 people on average.
Median standard of living: €26,280 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,280 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 14.0% of residents.
4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 93% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 10% in La Tremblade. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Tremblade ranks below 67% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.7%
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 lower than in 67% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 3.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
La Tremblade sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (17%)
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 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In La Tremblade, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 24% in La Tremblade. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 4,624 to 4,681 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Auzeville-Tolosane is the youngest (30.5); La Tremblade the oldest (62.9).
No nearby town is as old as La Tremblade
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Tremblade | 62.9 | 46% | 49% | 4.7% |
| Arvert 3,917 · 2.2 mi | 57.2 | 37% | 17% | 2% |
| Étaules 2,857 · 4.1 mi | 55.5 | 36% | 17% | 3.7% |
| Marennes-Hiers-Brouage 6,163 · 4.3 mi | 57 | 37% | 20% | 1.8% |
| Bourcefranc-le-Chapus 3,486 · 5 mi | 55.9 | 35% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Breuillet 3,058 · 7.2 mi | 62.5 | 45% | 14% | 2.4% |
| Le Château-d'Oléron 4,366 · 8.1 mi | 55 | 35% | 37% | 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 Tremblade
What is the population of La Tremblade?
4,650 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (4,743).
How old are La Tremblade’s residents?
The median age is 62.9, older than 99% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 46% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Tremblade?
2,650, with occasional dwellings: 49% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Tremblade?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 180 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Tremblade?
€26,280 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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