Massac is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.7
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 99% of compared French towns: 58%. 0.8% of homes are flats. At 10%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 82% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 184 residents in 95 households.
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 Massac
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Massac, 13% of its 120 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Massac’s residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 13% 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
24% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.5% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 11%, the share of households without a car is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Massac’s population changed by +16% since 2012, more than in 85% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +11%, then +5% to 2023.
34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% 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
■ Massac 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.6% in Massac and 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
5.3% of households are single parents, below 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Massac has 16%. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. For Massac, the census puts one-person households at 42%.
Median standard of living: €23,830 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.
Half of Massac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,830 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Massac sits below 73% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (11%)
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. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 7.1%, a higher share than 70% of compared French towns
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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Massac has 8.2%. That is higher than in 61% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 20% in Massac, less than in 91% 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
41% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 14% in Massac, less than in 98% 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
Massac has more adults with no qualification than 53% of compared French towns, at 20%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 184 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Massac sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massac | 53.7 | 34% | 13% | 8.2% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 9 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 10.8 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 12.7 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 13.1 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 13.5 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 15.6 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
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 Massac
What is the population of Massac?
184 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (158).
How old are Massac’s residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Massac?
16, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Massac?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Massac?
€23,830 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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