Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.8% of households have no car
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Vouhé has 22%. 7.5% of homes are second homes. Empty homes are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. There were 270 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 674 residents.
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.
+3% since 2012, a pace below 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
The median Charente-Maritime town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six +3%.
Older than 54% of compared French towns: half of Vouhé is over 44.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vouhé 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in nine. At 22%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are couples with children, a share 87% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here 7.3% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
98% of homes are houses
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. Turnover: 8.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 17% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
A median standard of living of €24,840 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.
At €24,840 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Here 11% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 18 here (5.5%). In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3% of residents are immigrants in Vouhé
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 lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 67.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 90% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 13% 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
Vouhé has fewer graduates of higher education than 52% of compared French towns, at 29%. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 674 to 2,582 people, the 18th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Vouhé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vouhé | 44.7 | 22% | 7.5% | 3% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 3.8 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis 4,677 · 6.7 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 7.2 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 9.2 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| La Jarrie 3,458 · 10.1 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| Sainte-Soulle 5,034 · 11 mi | 42 | 18% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
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 Vouhé
What is the population of Vouhé?
674 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (655).
How old are Vouhé’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 54% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vouhé?
23, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vouhé?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vouhé?
€24,840 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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