Older than 94% of compared French towns: half of Aunac-sur-Charente is over 55.2
In Aunac-sur-Charente, 1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 647 people lived in the town, in 330 households. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 56%. 1.9% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Aunac-sur-Charente
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aunac-sur-Charente, 23% of its 500 homes: higher than in 94% 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
Aunac-sur-Charente had 741 residents at the 2012 census and 647 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Aunac-sur-Charente’s residents are under 55.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Aunac-sur-Charente, 23% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
7.6% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Empty homes make up about one in ten here (10%).
A −13% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, −12%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 91% of compared French towns: 33%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aunac-sur-Charente 55.2. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.9% in Aunac-sur-Charente. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Fewer couples with children than 96% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Average household size: 1.9 people. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Aunac-sur-Charente has more one-person households than 74% of compared French towns, at 41%. The figure for single-parent households is 11% in Aunac-sur-Charente and 10% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €23,670 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,670 a year: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
12% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 65% 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
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 54% of compared French towns: 8.8%. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker 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 foreign nationals than 66% of compared French towns, at 6.4%
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.
Here, 7.2% of residents are immigrants. That is higher than in 55% 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.
In Aunac-sur-Charente, 49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 88% 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
With single residents at 21%, Aunac-sur-Charente is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 22% in Aunac-sur-Charente, less than in 79% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 6th oldest of 41 French towns of 647 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 Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Aunac-sur-Charente
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aunac-sur-Charente | 55.2 | 33% | 23% | 7.2% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 7.8 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 11.9 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 12.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Brie 4,125 · 13.3 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 14.2 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 14.4 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
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 Aunac-sur-Charente
What is the population of Aunac-sur-Charente?
647 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (741).
How old are Aunac-sur-Charente’s residents?
The median age is 55.2, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aunac-sur-Charente?
110, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aunac-sur-Charente?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.2% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (6.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aunac-sur-Charente?
€23,670 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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