A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.8%
4.6% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Fewer one-person households than in 89% of compared French towns: 27%. In 2023, the Census found 797 residents in Landrais, living in 330 households. Put another way, about one in 19: 5.4% of homes are second homes.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, Landrais outgrew 58% of compared French towns: +7%
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: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
Landrais is younger than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Landrais 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 18% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Locally, 10% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 66% of compared French towns, at 28%
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
Single-parent households make up 12%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Households average 2.4 people.
95% of homes are houses
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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 18% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.2%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €26,750 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,750 a year: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 28% in Landrais, less than in 72% 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
Here just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. On the census count, one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. By way of comparison, 32% 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).
Landrais sits below 94% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.8%)
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 94% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 1.4% in Landrais.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
With married residents at 45%, Landrais is ahead of 65% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 86% of compared French towns, at 12%
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: 35%, above 65% of compared French towns. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Landrais
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landrais | 39.8 | 18% | 5.4% | 1.8% |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis 4,677 · 4.6 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 5.8 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| La Jarrie 3,458 · 8 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 8.5 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Rochefort 23,460 · 10.3 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 6.6% |
| La Jarne 2,637 · 10.7 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 5.4% | 2.4% |
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 Landrais
What is the population of Landrais?
797 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (746).
How old are Landrais’ residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Landrais?
20, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Landrais?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Landrais?
€26,750 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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