Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM)
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Orignolles, 2.1%. The town had 698 residents in 310 households at the 2023 census. Locally, 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24. Higher than in 98% of compared French towns: 26% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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 Orignolles
Empty homes
The census found 48 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Orignolles has grown +8%, faster than 61% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Charente-Maritime town +8%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +4%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Orignolles is older than 74% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Orignolles 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 13% of households are single parents
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
30% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 29% of households are one person living alone. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents.
Empty homes make up 13% in Orignolles, more than in 91% 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 without a car: 6%, below four fifths of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 7.7% of households moved in less than two years ago; 31% have been in their home 30 years or more. Higher than in 61% of compared French towns: 2.9% of homes are second homes.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,950 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,950 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 88% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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
In Orignolles, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. 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).
Orignolles ranks below 98% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.2%
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 Orignolles, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 97% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 22% of adults out of school have no qualification in Orignolles. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (698 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Orignolles is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orignolles | 47.8 | 27% | 2.9% | 1.2% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 9.2 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 9.4 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 10 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Savin 3,582 · 11.7 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 13.2 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Cézac 2,727 · 13.4 mi | 39.8 | 15% | 1.1% | 3.6% |
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 Orignolles
What is the population of Orignolles?
698 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (649).
How old are Orignolles’ residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orignolles?
11, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orignolles?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orignolles?
€24,950 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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