Flats make up 0.9% in Préguillac, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 4.1% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 444 residents in 200 households. Locally, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. On empty homes, Préguillac sits lower than 90% of compared French towns: 3.8%.
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 Préguillac
An older town
Half of Préguillac’s residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 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
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then −1% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +8% in Charente-Maritime.
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Préguillac is over 52.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Préguillac 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
7.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 85% 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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 26% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
3.8% of homes are second homes, more than in 69% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 25%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,930 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 €27,930 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
In Préguillac, 46% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 94% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Préguillac has 9.5%. In Préguillac, 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.8% of residents are immigrants in Préguillac
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 94% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 91.
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 99% of compared French towns, at 15%
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 52% in Préguillac. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Only 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Préguillac
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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Préguillac, 32%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (444 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Préguillac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Préguillac | 52.8 | 30% | 3.8% | 1.8% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 5.2 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 5.3 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Pons 4,343 · 7.2 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.1% |
| Gémozac 3,052 · 7.6 mi | 51.9 | 32% | 7.4% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 8.2 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 13.5 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
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 Préguillac
What is the population of Préguillac?
444 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (451).
How old are Préguillac’s residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Préguillac?
8, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Préguillac?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Préguillac?
€27,930 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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