A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24 here. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 45%. Fewer households without a car than in 67% of compared French towns: 7.9%. Ambérac had 315 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census.
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 Ambérac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ambérac, 19% of its 210 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ambérac had 333 residents at the 2012 census and 315 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 19%
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
7.2% of households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At 7.3%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
−5% since 2012, a pace below 89% 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
Here the change came as −4% to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
A median age of 49.3: Ambérac is 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
■ Ambérac 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Ambérac.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Ambérac: 23% of households are single parents, above 99% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. Nearly a fifth of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 77% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, 35% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €24,330 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,330 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 3.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
23% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. 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).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 60% of compared French towns: 5.4%
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Ambérac (7%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Ambérac ranks below 90% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
Locally, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 22%, a lower share than 78% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Ambérac, 21%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (315 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Ambérac sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambérac | 49.3 | 26% | 19% | 7% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 7.3 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 7.9 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 12.1 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 13.1 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 13.1 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Brie 4,125 · 13.2 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
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 Ambérac
What is the population of Ambérac?
315 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (333).
How old are Ambérac’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ambérac?
39, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ambérac?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ambérac?
€24,330 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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