A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.4%
In Polignac, 14% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 88% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 161 people lived here, in 71 households. Here, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
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 Polignac
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Polignac, 13% of its 88 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 13%, a higher share than 90% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 6.9% of households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 6.4%.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 65% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +8% in Charente-Maritime.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24% in Polignac, more than in 61% 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
■ Polignac 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Polignac’s residents are over 44.9, older than in 56% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 14% in Polignac, more than in 93% 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 2.3 people each. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 36%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €24,050 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 residents live in households above €24,050 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 68% of compared French towns: 36%
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. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Polignac ranks below 81% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.1%
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.
With foreign nationals at 2.5%, Polignac is behind 72% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Polignac sits above 89% of compared French towns for married residents (49%)
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 28% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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
For Polignac, the census puts adults with no qualification at 20%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th youngest of 41 French towns of 161 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Polignac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polignac | 44.9 | 24% | 13% | 3.1% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 4.6 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 10.6 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Savin 3,582 · 11.6 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 11.7 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Jonzac 3,602 · 12.9 mi | 54 | 36% | 26% | 5.1% |
| Cézac 2,727 · 14.5 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 Polignac
What is the population of Polignac?
161 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (159).
How old are Polignac’s residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Polignac?
11, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Polignac?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Polignac?
€24,050 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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