Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
With second homes at 9.9%, Taillant is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 204 people lived here, in 91 households. The share of one-person households stands at 26%.
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.
A growing town: +16% since 2012, faster than 83% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, +12%.
Half of Taillant is over 47.8, older than 74% 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
■ Taillant 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 13% of residents are 15 to 24 in Taillant. Put another way, about one in four: 25% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Taillant ranks above 82% of compared French towns on couples with children: 32%
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 11% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town.
95% of homes are houses
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. Of all households, 7.2% moved in during the last two years and 14% have stayed three decades or more. 6.9% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
€24,430 a year is the median standard of living here
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 median standard of living in Taillant is €24,430 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 83% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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 manual worker: 16% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 4.6%, a lower share than 67% 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.
Put another way, about one in 22: 4.6% of residents are foreign nationals. The usual figure: 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.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 50% of residents 15 and over are married
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
The share of single residents trails 66% of compared French towns: 23%. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Taillant, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 67% 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
Graduates of higher education account for 31%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
No nearby town is as young as Taillant
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taillant | 47.8 | 25% | 9.9% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 5.8 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 10 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 11.1 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 12.3 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 13.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 15.2 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
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 Taillant
What is the population of Taillant?
204 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (176).
How old are Taillant’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taillant?
11, with occasional dwellings: 9.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taillant?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Taillant?
€24,430 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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