Only 1.4% of homes are flats in Taugon
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Taugon. 772 residents in 350 households: that is Taugon at the 2023 Census. Across Taugon, 2% of households rent social housing (HLM). At 19%, the share of couples with children is lower than in nearly four fifths 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 Taugon
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Taugon, 21% of its 490 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 82% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Taugon had 823 residents at the 2012 census and 772 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Taugon ranks above 93% of compared French towns on second homes: 21%
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 nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 18%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 6% of households have no car, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns. At 6.5%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
−6% since 2012: slower than 91% 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
The change was −4% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
Taugon is older than 74% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Taugon 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Taugon sits above 70% of compared French towns for single-parent households (11%)
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Taugon has fewer one-person households than half of compared French towns, at 35%.
The median resident lives on €23,240 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €23,240 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Above 74% of compared French towns: 37% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Taugon comes in at 7%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%. On the census count, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 77% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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 77% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up about one in 34 here (2.9%). For immigrants, the comparison 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.
Only 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Taugon
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 census found that 44% of residents 15 and over are married in Taugon. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Taugon ranks below 90% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 19%
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
Adults with no qualification: 24% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Taugon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taugon | 47.9 | 24% | 21% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 3.8 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Marans 4,476 · 7.6 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 4.1% | 2.6% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 10.6 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 11.3 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Benet 4,089 · 11.6 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| Sainte-Soulle 5,034 · 12.3 mi | 42 | 18% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
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 Taugon
What is the population of Taugon?
772 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (823).
How old are Taugon’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taugon?
100, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taugon?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Taugon?
€23,240 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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