Half of Ambernac is over 57.3, older than 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 381 residents in Ambernac, living in 190 households. Locally, 0.4% of homes are flats. 15% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
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 Ambernac
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 45 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ambernac, 17% of its 270 homes: higher than in 92% 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 Ambernac’s residents are under 57.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ambernac had 400 residents at the 2012 census and 381 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 32 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Of all households, 6.8% moved in during the last two years and 33% have stayed three decades or more. Just over one in ten homes stand empty, more than in 88% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on households without a car: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
−5% since 2012, a pace below 87% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −8%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
Only 6.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Ambernac
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ambernac 57.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 8% in Ambernac, less than in 80% 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
A household here holds 2 people on average. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 34%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
€21,660 a year: the median standard of living
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 €21,660 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 69% of compared French towns
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker in Ambernac. Here, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ambernac ranks above 90% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 13%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Ambernac, 13%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 83% 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
The share of married residents is 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Ambernac, less than in 87% 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
26% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (381 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Ambernac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambernac | 57.3 | 35% | 17% | 13% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 6.5 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 6.9 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 11.5 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Civray 2,522 · 16.8 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 17 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 17.1 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
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 Ambernac
What is the population of Ambernac?
381 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (400).
How old are Ambernac’s residents?
The median age is 57.3, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ambernac?
45, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ambernac?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ambernac?
€21,660 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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