Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54
4.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Few places have as many second homes: 5.7% here, more than in 79% of compared French towns. Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde counted 1,254 residents and 600 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 7.5% of homes are flats.
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 Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde
An older town
Half of Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde’s residents are under 54 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 96 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde has changed by −4%, slower than 84% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Charente.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.9% in Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde, less than in 93% 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
■ Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde 54. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 89% of compared French towns: 32%. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Only 17% of households are couples with children in Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde
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
Single-parent households make up 9.1%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. On average, 2 people share a household. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of empty homes than 91% of compared French towns: 13%
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
One household in 14 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. On the census count, 7% of households have no car.
The median resident lives on €22,540 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €22,540 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns: 45%
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
Across Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. 4.2% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 45% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde sits below 68% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.5%)
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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 23 here (4.3%). In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 77% of compared French towns: 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
For Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde, the census puts married residents at 44%. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde
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
With adults with no qualification at 24%, Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde is ahead of 73% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,254 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde is younger than 2 of its 4 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde | 54 | 32% | 5.7% | 4.5% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 7.9 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 9.9 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Jonzac 3,602 · 10.1 mi | 54 | 36% | 26% | 5.1% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 17.8 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
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 Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde
What is the population of Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde?
1,254 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,303).
How old are Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde’s residents?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde?
42, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 54 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde?
€22,540 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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