Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
56% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Vanzac. Fewer one-person households than in 94% of compared French towns: 25%. The town counted 198 residents and 90 households 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 Vanzac
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vanzac, 15% of its 120 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car: 2.4%, a lower share than 99% 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
Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Vanzac has more second homes than 91% of compared French towns, at 15%. Measured more widely, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Vanzac has grown +10%, faster than 70% 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 −18%; 2017 to 2023, +34%.
Older than 81% of compared French towns: half of Vanzac is over 49.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vanzac 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 29% of residents are 65 or over in Vanzac.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
90 households; 25% are one person
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Average household size: 2.2 people.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €21,610 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.
Half of residents live in households above €21,610 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 66% of compared French towns: 12%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Vanzac. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 91% of compared French towns: 14%
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 higher than in 85% of compared French towns. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants account for 15%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Vanzac ranks above 97% of compared French towns on married residents: 52%
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 Vanzac, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 75% of compared French towns: 24%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 198 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Vanzac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanzac | 49.5 | 29% | 15% | 15% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 6.8 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Jonzac 3,602 · 8.8 mi | 54 | 36% | 26% | 5.1% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 10.9 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 15.6 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde 3,175 · 15.7 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Savin 3,582 · 16.2 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
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 Vanzac
What is the population of Vanzac?
198 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (180).
How old are Vanzac’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vanzac?
17, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vanzac?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vanzac?
€21,610 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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