Photo: Jacques DASSIÉ · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Médis is over 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns
Here 47% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Flats make up about one in 21 here (4.7%). Lower than in 87% of compared French towns: 5.1% of households have no car. The 2023 Census put Médis’s population at 3,157, in 1,550 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 Médis
An older town
Half of Médis’ residents are under 56.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Médis grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 76% 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
In two steps, +3% to 2017 and +10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +8% in Charente-Maritime.
In Médis, 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% 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
■ Médis 56.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 36%, above 94% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Médis, 7.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 89% 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 one-person households is 35%; Médis has 33%. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: 21% of households are couples with children.
Fewer households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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
Turnover: 7.3% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 17% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Typically, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in 86% of compared French towns. One household in 19 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,110 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,110 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 51% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 9.0% of the population.
In Médis, 5.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 85% 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: 9.8%, below 78% of compared French towns. For comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Médis
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, Médis has 3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. That is lower than in 82% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 51% in Médis. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 76% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
On the census count, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
6th highest median age among 41 French towns of 3,136 to 3,180
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 Longperrier (33.7), the youngest, and Meschers-sur-Gironde (66.1), the oldest.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Médis
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Médis | 56.7 | 36% | 8.7% | 3% |
| Saujon 7,440 · 2.6 mi | 59.6 | 42% | 13% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Didonne 5,092 · 2.9 mi | 67.3 | 55% | 67% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan 3,446 · 3 mi | 58.7 | 40% | 7.3% | 2.3% |
| Royan 19,425 · 3.2 mi | 64.5 | 49% | 43% | 4.4% |
| Semussac 2,585 · 3.5 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.3% | 2.5% |
| Vaux-sur-Mer 4,013 · 4.7 mi | 66.9 | 54% | 63% | 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 Médis
What is the population of Médis?
3,157 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (2,806).
How old are Médis’ residents?
The median age is 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Médis?
160, with occasional dwellings: 8.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Médis?
INSEE counts 96 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Médis?
€26,110 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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