Half of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne is over 68.8, older than 99% of compared French towns
Households in social housing make up 1.6%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 13% of households are couples with children in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne. 5.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 312 residents and 140 households in the town.
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 Aubeterre-sur-Dronne
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, 39% of its 270 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Aubeterre-sur-Dronne’s residents are under 68.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 56% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 29% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 27% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 24% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne had 416 residents at the 2012 census and 312 in 2023, down 25%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, 39% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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
Without a car: one household in eight, against 11% in the median compared French town. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 14%, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 8.2% of homes stand empty in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne.
A −25% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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
In two steps, −7% to 2017 and −19% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 56%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aubeterre-sur-Dronne 68.8. The median compared French town: 44.
4.1% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne sits above 95% of compared French towns for one-person households (51%)
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
By its share of single-parent households (6.6%), Aubeterre-sur-Dronne is below 93% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 1.7 people on average.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,010 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 median standard of living in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne is €27,010 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (60%)
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, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne. On average, 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).
A higher share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns, at 27%
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 Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, nearly a quarter of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne
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
Married residents account for 42%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 39%
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 34%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 312 to 2,582 people
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 Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (68.8).
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aubeterre-sur-Dronne | 68.8 | 56% | 39% | 27% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 8.4 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 11.6 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Montpon-Ménestérol 5,866 · 17.7 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
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 Aubeterre-sur-Dronne
What is the population of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne?
312 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% fewer than in 2012 (416).
How old are Aubeterre-sur-Dronne’s residents?
The median age is 68.8, older than 99% of compared French towns. 5.7% are under 18 and 56% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne?
110, with occasional dwellings: 39% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne?
INSEE counts 83 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 27% of residents, and 74 foreign nationals (24%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne?
€27,010 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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