2.1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 95% of compared French towns: 7.5%. Sainte-Radegonde has fewer one-person households than 87% of compared French towns, at 27%. There were 260 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 589 residents. Here, 5.1% of households have no car.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, Sainte-Radegonde outgrew 55% of compared French towns: +6%
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. Here the change came as +4% to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Sainte-Radegonde is over 50.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sainte-Radegonde 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents are 65 or over in Sainte-Radegonde.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns, at 7.7%
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of households are couples with children here.
A higher share of second homes than 67% of compared French towns, at 3.5%
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. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Empty homes make up about one in 15 here (6.6%). One household in 20 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,530 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.
At €24,530 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
9.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 80% 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 Sainte-Radegonde, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in eight.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sainte-Radegonde sits below 84% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.8%)
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.
1.6% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns. On average, 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: 15%, a lower share than 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
Married residents: 53%, above 98% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Sainte-Radegonde sits below 86% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (20%)
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, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Sainte-Radegonde has 21%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 589 to 2,582 people, the 13th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Sainte-Radegonde
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Radegonde | 50.5 | 24% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Agnant 2,780 · 4.4 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.5% | 1.5% |
| Échillais 3,765 · 5.7 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 2.3% | 2% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 7.5 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Rochefort 23,460 · 8.3 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 6.6% |
| Soubise 3,316 · 8.5 mi | 32.5 | 20% | 3.2% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 9.4 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
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 Sainte-Radegonde
What is the population of Sainte-Radegonde?
589 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (556).
How old are Sainte-Radegonde’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Radegonde?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Radegonde?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Radegonde?
€24,530 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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