3.9% of homes are flats, below 97% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 4% of households have no car in Tesson. Its 530 households held 1,148 residents at the 2023 Census. 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 12. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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.
A growing town: +14% since 2012, faster than 79% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +8% in Charente-Maritime. Here the change came as +6% to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
Half of Tesson is over 48.7, older than 78% 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
■ Tesson 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Tesson, 26% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
In Tesson, 6.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 93% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Tesson has 28%. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 30% of households are one person living alone.
A higher share of second homes than 72% of compared French towns, at 4.2%
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
In the last two years, just over one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 15% have stayed 30 years or more. 6.3% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 56% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,990 a year to live on
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.
Half of Tesson’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,990 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 37%, a higher share than 71% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 11% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. 16% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 78% of compared French towns: 3.4% of residents are immigrants
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.
With foreign nationals at 2.3%, Tesson is behind 75% of compared French towns on that count. 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.
More married residents than 84% of compared French towns: 48%
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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Tesson, 22%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 71% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Tesson comes in at 26%. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,148 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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).
No nearby town is as young as Tesson
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Tesson
What is the population of Tesson?
1,148 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,010).
How old are Tesson’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tesson?
25, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tesson?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tesson?
€25,990 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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