0.3% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
The share of households without a car is 4.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. 27% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four. At 9.6%, the share of second homes is higher than in 88% of compared French towns. Migron had 694 residents in 320 households at the 2023 census.
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.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 84% 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
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then −4% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +8% in Charente-Maritime.
Half of Migron is over 48.3, older than 76% 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
■ Migron 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 9.9% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 28% in Migron, less than in 87% 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
Households here average 2.2 people each. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few couples with children: 20% here, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 9.5%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 9.6%, a higher share than 77% of compared French towns
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Of all households, 9.7% moved in during the last two years and 26% have stayed three decades or more. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€24,570 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,570 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 37% of households are headed by a retired person
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
6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker come to 11% in Migron, about one in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Migron sits below 73% of compared French towns for immigrants (4%)
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 73% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 40 here (2.5%).
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 19% in Migron, less than in 95% 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
46% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Migron, 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 84% 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
Put another way, about one in five: a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 694 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.
Migron sits below 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Migron | 48.3 | 27% | 9.6% | 4% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 4.5 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 8.5 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 9.4 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 9.5 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 11.3 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 12.3 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
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 Migron
What is the population of Migron?
694 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (721).
How old are Migron’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Migron?
38, with occasional dwellings: 9.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Migron?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Migron?
€24,570 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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