Anais sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.1%)
With households headed by a manual worker at 24%, Anais is ahead of 94% of compared French towns on that count. 10% of homes stand empty, more than in 81% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 587 residents in 260 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 0.8% locally.
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.
Slower growth than 76% of compared French towns: Anais changed by −1% since 2012
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, +1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.7% in Anais, less than in 85% 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
■ Anais 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.8, Anais is younger than 67% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over come to 19% in the town, about two in ten.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
In Anais, 29% of households are one person living alone, fewer 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
Here 27% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Average household size: 2.2 people. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9%, fewer than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Anais ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 2.7%
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
6.5% of households arrived within the last two years, while 28% have stayed 30 years or more. At 1.5%, the share of second homes is lower than in 64% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,170 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 €26,170 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 29% in Anais, less than in 72% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 12% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a third 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).
In Anais, 1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 0.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; 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.
Anais sits below 77% of compared French towns for single residents (22%)
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Anais has 41%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 95% of compared French towns: 10%
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
Graduates of higher education are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
8th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 587 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Anais
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anais | 41.8 | 19% | 1.5% | 1.6% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 4 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Brie 4,125 · 4 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 4.1 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 6.3 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Gond-Pontouvre 5,862 · 7 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 7.5 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
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 Anais
What is the population of Anais?
587 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (595).
How old are Anais’ residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Anais?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Anais?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Anais?
€26,170 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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