Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Abzac is over 58.6
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 90% of compared French towns: 43%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 518 residents and 230 households in Abzac. About one in 16: that is how common households without a car are in Abzac (6.2%).
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 Abzac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 80 second homes and occasional dwellings in Abzac, 21% of its 370 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Abzac’s residents are under 58.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 66 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Abzac (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
21% of homes are second homes, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Some 7.2% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 27% who have been there 30 years or more. Empty homes come to 18% in Abzac, about two in ten. Fewer households in social housing than in 84% of compared French towns: 5.5%. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
A +7% change since 2012: Abzac grew 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then +7% to 2023. Over those years, the median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7%, a lower share than 97% 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
■ Abzac 58.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 34% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 90% of compared French towns: 15%
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.1 people. Just over one in ten households are single parents, or about one in nine. Few places have so few one-person households: 34% here, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A median standard of living of €19,640 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 Abzac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €19,640 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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
More households headed by a manual worker than in 56% of compared French towns: 15%. Typically, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
16% of residents are immigrants, more than in 88% 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.
Foreign nationals: 15% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
Married residents make up 44% in Abzac, more than in 59% 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
For Abzac, the census puts single residents at 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Abzac sits above 94% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (32%)
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
A fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (518 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Abzac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abzac | 58.6 | 34% | 21% | 16% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 6.4 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Bellac 3,537 · 16.5 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.1% | 7.9% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 16.7 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 17.3 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
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 Abzac
What is the population of Abzac?
518 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (486).
How old are Abzac’s residents?
The median age is 58.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Abzac?
80, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Abzac?
INSEE counts 84 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 80 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Abzac?
€19,640 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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