Only 2.7% of homes are flats in Plassay
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 823 residents in Plassay, living in 350 households. One-person households account for 25%. 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
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 Plassay
Growing fast
Plassay had 702 residents at the 2012 census and 823 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Plassay grew +17% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 86% 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
The first five years brought +3%; the six to 2023, +14%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 72% of compared French towns, at 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plassay 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.7, Plassay is younger than 61% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 7.2%, a lower share than 88% 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
The average household has 2.4 people. 29% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 70% of compared French towns. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households without a car than 92% of compared French towns, at 4.3%
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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 9.9% of homes stand empty here. Measured more widely, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up about one in 25 here (4%).
A median of €25,100 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 €25,100 a year: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
In Plassay, 29% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 69% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Plassay has 17%. Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Here, 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Plassay, 1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.6%, against 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.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 93% 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
By its share of married residents (45%), Plassay is above 66% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 66% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Graduates of higher education are rarer here than in 54% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 823 to 2,582 people, the 10th youngest
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Plassay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plassay | 42.7 | 19% | 4% | 1% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 3.6 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 7 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 10.1 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Saint-Agnant 2,780 · 11.5 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.5% | 1.5% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 11.9 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Échillais 3,765 · 12.3 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 2.3% | 2% |
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 Plassay
What is the population of Plassay?
823 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (702).
How old are Plassay’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plassay?
16, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plassay?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plassay?
€25,100 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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