Flats make up 0.6% in Prignac, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Prignac comes in at 6.4%. The 2023 Census counted 282 residents in 140 households. The census found that 3.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional locally. 6.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns.
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 Prignac
An older town
Half of Prignac’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Prignac’s population moved ±0% on 2012, less than in 71% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Charente-Maritime town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
Half of Prignac is over 52.5, older than 90% 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
■ Prignac 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Prignac has 25%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Prignac ranks below 85% of compared French towns on couples with children: 17%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Prignac has 15%. About one in three: that is how common one-person households are in Prignac (36%). By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A town of second homes: 2.9% of its homes
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. Newcomers of less than two years account for 8.3% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. One household in 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Median standard of living: €24,560 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 €24,560 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 24% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 34% in Prignac. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.1% in Prignac, less 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.
0.4% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Prignac sits below 87% of compared French towns for married residents (36%)
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
Single residents: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 89% 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
Across Prignac, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 282 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Prignac and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prignac | 52.5 | 25% | 2.9% | 1.1% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 5.9 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 9.6 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 10.4 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 11.3 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 12 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 13.3 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
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 Prignac
What is the population of Prignac?
282 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (283).
How old are Prignac’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prignac?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prignac?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prignac?
€24,560 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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