44% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
1.1% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). At the same time, more households headed by a manual worker than in 95% of compared French towns: 24%. Virson is home to 731 residents in 290 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 1.7% of homes are flats.
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 Virson
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 3.5% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 78% 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.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 16% in Virson, less than in 88% 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
■ Virson 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 40.6, Virson is younger than 76% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. In Virson, 13% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 21% of households are one person living alone in Virson
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
Average household size: 2.5 people. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Fewer single-parent households than in 99% of compared French towns: 3.5%.
A smaller share of empty homes than 88% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 10%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 18%. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. 2% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns.
€26,190 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €26,190 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Only 23% of households are headed by a retired person in Virson
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
In Virson, 6.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.5%, a lower share than 96% 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.
With foreign nationals at 0.8%, Virson is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Here 47% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 12% of adults out of school have no 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
On the census count, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Virson
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virson | 40.6 | 16% | 2% | 1.5% |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis 4,677 · 2.5 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 2% |
| La Jarrie 3,458 · 5.5 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| Sainte-Soulle 5,034 · 7 mi | 42 | 18% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 7.4 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| La Jarne 2,637 · 8.4 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 5.4% | 2.4% |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer 6,315 · 8.8 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.6% | 3.8% |
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 Virson
What is the population of Virson?
731 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (747).
How old are Virson’s residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Virson?
6, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Virson?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Virson?
€26,190 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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