Empty homes make up 21% in Léoville, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Léoville has 54%. There were 130 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 300 residents. The share of one-person households stands at 24%. Half of the town’s residents are over 48.9, older than in 79% 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 Léoville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Léoville had 328 residents at the 2012 census and 300 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 38 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Léoville changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, behind 96% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of compared French towns: 8.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Léoville 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Léoville has 28%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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 lower share of single-parent households than 85% of compared French towns, at 7.5%
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 Léoville, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
A lower share of households without a car than 90% of compared French towns, at 4.7%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes are flats here. Set beside that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Across Léoville, 7.1% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €24,390 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.
Living standards centre on €24,390 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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
The census found that 15% of households are headed by a manual worker in Léoville. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 71% of compared French towns: 7.3%
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 higher than in 56% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Léoville (7.3%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 54%
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: 21%, below 88% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 20% in Léoville, less than in 85% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 23%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Léoville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Léoville | 48.9 | 28% | 7.1% | 7.3% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 7 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Jonzac 3,602 · 7 mi | 54 | 36% | 26% | 5.1% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 11.1 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde 3,175 · 14.8 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 16.4 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Savin 3,582 · 16.8 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
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 Léoville
What is the population of Léoville?
300 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (328).
How old are Léoville’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Léoville?
13, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Léoville?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Léoville?
€24,390 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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