A median age of 54.1: Lorignac is older than 93% of compared French towns
Nearly half of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Flats make up about one in 29 here (3.4%). Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). Census day 2023: 499 residents and 240 households in Lorignac.
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 Lorignac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 73 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lorignac, 20% of its 360 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Lorignac’s residents are under 54.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 52 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 20% of its homes
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
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 6.6% in Lorignac. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. On the census count, 14% of homes stand empty.
Lorignac’s population moved +4% on 2012, less than in 54% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 34% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lorignac 54.1. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (12%), Lorignac is above 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 20% of households are couples with children in Lorignac
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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 11% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 63% of compared French towns. One-person households: 34%, below 57% of compared French towns.
A median of €22,620 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 €22,620 a year: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Lorignac sits below 77% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (10%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lorignac sits below 75% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.8%)
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Lorignac has 2.9%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 81% 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
With single residents at 22%, Lorignac is behind 76% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Lorignac
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification here. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 499 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Lorignac and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorignac | 54.1 | 34% | 20% | 3.8% |
| Gémozac 3,052 · 7.8 mi | 51.9 | 32% | 7.4% | 3.1% |
| Pons 4,343 · 10.8 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde 3,175 · 11.9 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Jonzac 3,602 · 12 mi | 54 | 36% | 26% | 5.1% |
| Meschers-sur-Gironde 3,180 · 15.2 mi | 66.1 | 53% | 50% | 3.6% |
| Semussac 2,585 · 15.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.3% | 2.5% |
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 Lorignac
What is the population of Lorignac?
499 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (481).
How old are Lorignac’s residents?
The median age is 54.1, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lorignac?
73, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lorignac?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lorignac?
€22,620 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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