6.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 22%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, on households without a car, Torxé sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 3.3%. The town counted 258 residents and 120 households at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households make up about one in six here (18%).
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 Torxé
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Torxé, 13% of its 160 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 25 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 15%, a higher share than 95% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of second homes stands at 13%. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A +7% change since 2012: faster than 58% 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
In two steps, −17% to 2017 and +28% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +8% in Charente-Maritime.
Half of Torxé is over 49.3, older than 80% 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
■ Torxé 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Torxé, 25%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are couples with children, below 78% 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
Households average 2.2 people. Torxé has fewer one-person households than 62% of compared French towns, at 33%. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €25,880 a year in standard of living
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 €25,880 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 38% in Torxé, more than in 78% 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 are rarer here than in 51% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 92% of compared French towns: 2%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Torxé, 0.8%. 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.
A lower share of single residents than 94% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 48% and 9.9%, and 7.1% are widowed. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Torxé sits below 82% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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
On the census count, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 258 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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).
Older than Torxé: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torxé | 49.3 | 25% | 13% | 2% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 5.3 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 12 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 12.6 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 13.3 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 14.6 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 15.7 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
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 Torxé
What is the population of Torxé?
258 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (242).
How old are Torxé’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Torxé?
20, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Torxé?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Torxé?
€25,880 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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