Ternant is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.9
Couples with children make up 15%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). At 41%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 87% of compared French towns. Ternant’s 210 households held 385 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Ternant
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ternant, 10% of its 250 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 24% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Ternant’s residents are under 56.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ternant: 10% of homes are second homes, above 88% 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
The share of flats trails 69% of compared French towns: 20%. 6.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 75% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 19 here (5.3%).
From 2012 to 2023, 53% of compared French towns grew faster than Ternant: +4%
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
In two steps, +2% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +8% in Charente-Maritime.
5.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Ternant 56.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 36% of residents are 65 or over in Ternant. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Ternant, 2.4% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 44% in Ternant. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €24,450 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 median standard of living in Ternant is €24,450 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Ternant sits above 69% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (17%)
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
7.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Ternant, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer 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.
The share of immigrants is 2.6%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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: 20%, a lower share than 91% 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
50% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Ternant ranks below 72% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 24%
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
With adults with no qualification at 22%, Ternant is ahead of 66% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Ternant
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ternant | 56.9 | 36% | 10% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 1.8 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 14.2 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 14.4 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 14.6 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 14.8 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 16.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 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 Ternant
What is the population of Ternant?
385 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (370).
How old are Ternant’s residents?
The median age is 56.9, older than 96% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ternant?
25, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ternant?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ternant?
€24,450 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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