Fewer households without a car than 98% of compared French towns: 3.2%
With a median age of 49, Le Gicq is older than nearly four fifths of compared French towns. There were 62 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 121 residents. About one in four: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Le Gicq (23%). One-person households make up 38%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
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 Le Gicq
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Gicq, 20% of its 93 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Gicq had 132 residents at the 2012 census and 121 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
20% of homes are second homes, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 last two years, 4.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 16% have stayed 30 years or more. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 13% of homes stand empty in Le Gicq.
A change of −8% since 2012 leaves Le Gicq behind 95% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −5%; 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, a higher share than 60% 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
■ Le Gicq 49. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% of the total. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 61% of compared French towns: 23%
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 average 1.9 people. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€22,540 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.
Living standards centre on €22,540 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Le Gicq: 38% of households are headed by a retired person, above 79% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 15% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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).
5.7% of residents in Le Gicq are immigrants
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 57% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 18 here (5.7%). At 4.9%, foreign nationals sit close to the figure 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.
33% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 94% 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
Single residents make up 28%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Le Gicq
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
Locally, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Le Gicq, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Gicq | 49 | 24% | 20% | 5.7% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 13.1 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 13.3 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 14 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 17 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 17.4 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 17.6 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 Le Gicq
What is the population of Le Gicq?
121 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (132).
How old are Le Gicq’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Gicq?
18, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Gicq?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Gicq?
€22,540 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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